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...absence of H. S. Middendorf '16 is still greatly noticed in the first crew, but today almost all signs of the check had disappeared. The second crew likewise is making rapid improvements in keeping a decent form at a low stroke. In addition to Middendorf's illness, another bit of hard luck hit the University camp today when C. W. Greenough '19 was forced to go home for the rest of the season with tonsilitis. J. F. Linder '19, who also left a few days ago because of sickness, is not expected back, and these two absences cause somewhat...
...Yale camp nothing out of the ordinary happened today. Both university crews took short rows, while the freshmen went to the Navy Yard and back. The most exciting bit of news in the Eli quarters is the fact that the freshmen have moved out of their old abode and are now living in a boathouse. Otherwise Gales Ferry is dead, although it might be mentioned that Fitzpatrick maintains his seat on the first crew; and that Page has now returned to his place on the same crew...
Among these contributions, "The Genesis of Beauty," by R. Cutler '16, easily takes first rank. The slight bit of narrative in this sketch is thrown against a background of splendid color, and the whole thing is done quickly and powerfully. The author might be suspected to have been recently diving into Russian novelists, but if this is the result of any such reading, it is to be highly commended. Perhaps equally successful is O. W. Larkin '18 in "Imagination in a Pawnshop," which with the skill and the tantalizing of Frank Stockton Smith leaves us in anything but a satisfied...
Heading the editorials is a bit of touchingly sincere self-congratulation on the part of the outgoing board, pardonable, perhaps, under the circumstances. As a handy compendium of high school valedictories. "Another Fledgling Leaves the Nest" is without equal. The closing lines could not but touch the heart of the most cynical, nor is the wealth of advice contained in them less astounding when one considers that such profound knowledge of the world comes from an under-classman...
...Wells Cup in 49 3-5 seconds. On the turn in this race, A. Biddle '16 fell after a mix-up with H. W. Minot '17 and W. J. Bingham '16 jumped the first but tumbled over the second of the two. Biddle lost a good bit of skin and was spiked, though not seriously. Bingham also was scraped somewhat. Their tumbles should not affect the running of these men in the intercollegiates next week...