Word: went
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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About thirty-five men reported for the Freshman and University cross-country teams yesterday afternoon. After Coach Shrubb's talk in the Locker Building, in which he outlined the work for the coming season, the squad went out for a run around Soldiers Field. Daily morning walks will start today at 7.45 o'clock, and the training table will begin next week...
...Champenoux to the eastward, only to be brought up after we had gone half a mile or so by a salvo from a battery of soixante-quinzes installed in a carefully concealed position close to the roadside. We were not 50 yards distant from the guns when they went off, and feeling that further advance might lead us into difficulties we stopped...
...ground in front of the battery was scored with trenches and parallels, and as the evening shades began to fall, squads of soldiers issued from them while others went forth to take their places. Most of them had not fired a rifle for several days and were getting a little weary of the calme absolute. Like the lieutenant-colonel who came from Metz and longed for his reverence, they yearned for the day of the great advance. It may still be a long time before it comes, but most of those who have seen the French army at work will...
Saturday morning the party, augmented by about fifty members who arrived from the delayed Finland went by special ferry and train to the Muir Woods, a grove of huge trees under which was served a genuine barbecue. Following the feast, games were played and the members returned to San Francisco accompanied by a 60-piece band. An elaborate banquet at the Palace Hotel Saturday evening closed the festivities. At this banquet a special table was reserved for undergraduates of whom there were a dozen present...
After a short period of training at Cambridge, all of the crews went to Red Top on June 7. Since then they have been devoting their time to finishing touches and time trials over the course. At present the boat is well together, and the strong catch and hard finish are reminiscent of many winning University eights...