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...withdrawal of the Weld Boat Club from the National Association is a step which on general principles deserves commendation. The work done last summer by the Weld eight which rowed at Philadelphia was to a certain extent useful in that it offered the men a definite object for their efforts at a rather critical period in the club's history. It also undoubtedly provided a certain amount of valuable experience for a green crew...
...candidates might be reduced to six. The men thus chosen might then take sides-three on a side-work up the question and enter a final competition which should take the form of a regular debate with main and rebuttal speeches by each competitor. Such a system we feel certain will guard against any unwise choice, will make all of the contestants feel that they have a more thorough trial, and will not be open to the manifest objections which we have pointed out in the present system...
...report from the committee on the Trophy Room was received. Certain suggestions for fitting up the Trophy Room and the trophies to be put therein were accepted. A report was also received from the committee on the Weld Boat Club. The Athletic Committee expressed gratification at the good work of the club but did not find it advisable at present to authorize an expenditure of money out of the Association funds towards the boat club's expenses...
...under consideration the relations of the Weld Boat Club to the Athletic Association. The Weld Boat Club has found it impossible to support its crews without raising its membership fees, which would be inadvisable, so it has applied to the Athletic Association for financial aid in return for certain privileges offered to the students at large...
With regard to what is called an American Henley, I note that various opinions and declarations have been attributed to me, all more or less incorrectly. One of this morning's Boston papers quotes me as having made certain remarks on this point. I never made them. Indeed I have not been interviewed with reference to this subject since I landed, early in November...