Word: successful
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...brings the muscles of the legs, back and arms into use at once. But for this very reason one would naturally suppose this stroke, providing it can be kept up, to be more effective than the regular "Harvard" stroke, in which the back and legs are used in succession, and but little work is done with the arms. The seniors deserve much credit for the readiness with which they acquired a new stroke and for the endurance they have shown. The races proves, to the discomfiture of many who prophesised complete failure for this experiment, that the seniors have made...
...have its stewards on the track at certain hours of the day to instruct any one who may need their assistance. As one more victory will put the cup forever in our hands, we hope the efforts of the association and the hopes of the college will meet the success which they deserve...
...contains many things that would hardly be considered appropriate to a Harvard paper, but much of this is chargeable to the proverbial weakness of a first number. Typographically the paper is perfect. Altogether, although the paper is far below what we expected, and although we fear for its lasting success, we look for much improvement in the subsequent numbers, and wish it long life and prosperity...
...class of 1865, be added, something will be done towards enlarging the influences which control the destinies of the university. I make this suggestion with diffidence, and only under the conviction that it must be made by some one, in order that a concentration of votes essential to success, may, if possible, be secured...
...that the average of all will be 166-167 lbs., 5 or 6 pounds lighter than the crew of last year. As our own crew will not weigh much more at the time of the race the two sets of men will be about evenly matched in strength, and success will depend entirely upon skill with the oar. Bob Cook will be with their crew, to coach them as much as he can from now until the day of the race. The coxswain, who is now steering them weighs about...