Word: went
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...best to apportion a large annual income and equally heavy expenses. For a time there was a great surplus and under its influence there was a natural tendency to taking things easily in many ways. The finances were not always as economically managed as they might have been, subscriptions went down steadily, and one minor team after another was given irregular assistance, though some of them which now regard aid as almost indispensable existed for many years before such a thing was thought...
...June 18, 1905.--On Saturday morning the University crew was given no work, but the Freshman eight practiced racing starts. In the afternoon the University boat went over the four mile course upstream in 20 minutes and 45 seconds. The Freshman eight raced the University crew for the last two miles, and lost by three feet. It was a very close race and the Freshmen were somewhat retarded by eelgrass. The condition of the men on the University four-oar is excellent. In general, the work of the crews during the past week has shown enormous improvement. R. Fisher...
...Freshman eight went over the mile course in 5 minutes and 23 seconds. The blade work was excellent and the men controlled their slides well...
...afternoon the University crew went over the four-mile course unstream in 22 minutes and 23 seconds, which is good time considering the fact that the men rowed against the tide, although slightly aided by a favorable wind. The last two miles were done in faster time than the first two. The four-oar raced the University crew for the last mile, but was defeated by three lengths. The time of the four-oar for the mile was 5 minutes and 59 seconds...
...given a short rest since the crews arrived at New London, as it was believed that they were slightly overtrained. Daly has been out of the boat for the past few days and his place has been taken by Ortmayer of the four-oar. On Thursday the university boat went over the full four-mile course, completing the distance in the good time of 20 minutes, 40 2-5 seconds...