Middlesex School - Yearbook (Concord, MA)

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MIDDLESEX SCHooL CoNc:oRD, MASS The pond being free of ice at the end of the Easter vacation, the crews were able to leave the machines and to begin rowing on the water as soon as the school returned. After a few days, it was quite obvious that the first crew would consist of Terry, bow: Hartwell, No. 2: Truesdale, No. 3: Bigelow, stroke: and W. Clark as cox. This combination clicked from the start and remained intact throughout the season. The second and third crews were in great competition and exchanged members frequently right up until the last week in April when they were finally settled-the second crew composed of Seymour, bow: Johnson, No. 2: Parsons, No. 3: Bird, stroke: and Pratt, cox: the third crew with Speed at bow: Lund, No. 2: J. Bisbee, No. 3: Wade, stroke: and Bourquin, cox. On May sixth the first and second crews journeyed to Dedham for the annual race with Noble and Greenough School. The race was a short half-mile course on the Charles River, upstream from the school, for the regular course downstream could not be used because of high water. The Page FOFILJ-1717

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NIIDDLESEX SCHOOL CONCORD, MASS CRE Front Row: E. Ward, Wade, W. Clark, Speed, Wright, Middle Row: Parsons, Terry. Capt. Pngelow, Truesdale, Hartwell. Back Row: Manager Selfridge, Pratt, Seymour. l.und. Bird, Fmourquin. Mr. Locke. Page Furry -eiqhl

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lVll1QIQLI-ESEX SCHOOL Qoiflgoioi MASS second crews raced first, Middlesex getting off to a slow start, but catch- ing up to win by two lengths in two minutes, 17 seconds. Our first crew also dropped behind at the start, but by dint of a high stroke, won by three lengths in two minutes, l2 seconds. The week before the only home race, the crews were suddenly hit by measles, necessitating a shake-up in the second and third crews with Lund taking Johnsons place on the second boat, and Vklright and E. Ward com- ing up to the third. On the thirteenth, our first and second crews raced Brooks School here on Batemans Pond. The second crew won by two and a half lengths in two minutes, 59 seconds. Our first crew was ahead by two lengths when an unfortunate crab near the finish line cost us the race. This race with Brooks took the place of the annual contest with St. lVlark's which was unable to race us because of schedule complications. The following week, the first and second crews joined and practiced in the eight for the informal race with Groton, and on Saturday, triumphed on a mile course on the Nashua River by three-quarters of a length. The regular eight with Cooper, bow: Hagerman, No. 2: E. Bisbee, No. 3: Page Fifty