Word: torpid
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...have any latent boating spirit in him, the natural result is that he will be found a candidate for his college torpid (which correspond to our freshmen crews), or, if not physically fitted for rowing, on the banks running with them, or at least in the college barge lending their efforts the encouragement of his presence. Nor is the undergraduate, nor indeed the sport-loving public of England at large, deprived of an opportunity of watching the 'varsity crews when they have discontinued training on the college courses, and gone to Putney for the three weeks of final preparation...
...Lehmann. Mr. Grenfell's article is a sketch of an imaginary Oxford man who enters college knowing nothing about rowing, and ends by being stroke of the 'varsity eight. In the course of this sketch a vivid description is given of rowing matters at Oxford, of the novice, torpid. college and the 'varsity crews, the amount of training and coaching each has to undergo. Strict training at Oxford begins in Lent. Every morning the crew take a walk around the parks ending up with a 100-yard sprint. The 'varsity crew lunch separately in their various colleges, but all dine...