Word: successful
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...shell at once; until then, racing and rushing only serve to develop more faults, particularly in the case of a freshman crew. Of course, this is merely an opinion, but it is founded on several years' observation and experience in my own class crew, which met with some success; that opinion has also been strengthened by talks with prominent Yale rowing men, who may be presumed to know what they were talking about...
Some men in college who have rowed a year or two with tolerable success, assume, for some totally unsupportable reason, that because we are working slowly and carefully, we are working against the interests of the University crew. We are not. There is but one time to determine what stroke a crew is rowing, and that is during the race: different individuals often use different methods in teaching precisely the same stroke. Those methods, to, will depend largely upon the men in the boat and their tendency to fall into faults...
...meeting will be larger and more interesting this summer than it has ever been before. A large number of men from the English, Scotch and foreign universities will be entertained as guests. It is desired this year that Harvard, Yale and Princeton laise the money necessary for the complete success of the meeting, and it was to ascertain the sentiment of the Harvard Y. M. C. A. in regard to this matter that the meeting was called. It was unanimosly voted that Harvard raise her share of the necessary amount. The latter part of the evening was spent...
...baseball nine leaves tonight on its first spring practice tour. This is an important innovation, marking the removal of one of the great obstacles which have stood in the way of Harvard's success in the past. It remains with the nine to demonstrate the folly of the objections which have been brought against playing with professionals-a task which they will without doubt easily perform...
...third winter meeting the of H. A. A. was a great success. A large crowd of spectators, including many ladies, had plenty of chances to show their enthusiasm over close and exciting contests. There were an unusually large number of entries for the events since about a dozen members of other colleges belonging to the Intercollegiate Athletic Association and of the Institute of Technology had availed themselves of the chance of contesting. The visitors made such good use of their strength and agility, that they carried off five first prizes and one second from the eight events...