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...meet my entire approbation, with the exception, perhaps, of that portion of them which relates to the rowing-weights. I can conceive that a moderate use of the weights, or, better, of the rowing apparatus may be useful, and need not be irksome. Just after the selection of the coach of last season's crew, I sat down and wrote out the very same ideas as now appear from Mr. C.'s pen, intending to send the article to one of the College papers; but I desisted for the reasons, first, that I could not write temperately concerning what...
...Harvard follow the example of Yale, and either send a man to England to acquire the English style, or, if practicable, import an Englishman to Harvard who can coach the crews? In my own time we were fortunate enough to be coached for a short time by an ex-"'varsity" stroke from Cambridge, England, and his hints were invaluable...
...following men are trying for the "Varsity": Otis, L. S. S. (Captain), Le Moyne, '78, Loring, '78, Bancroft, '78, James, L. S. S., Thayer, L. S. S., Irving, L. S. S., Warden, '78, and Jacobs, '79. A. P. Loring, '71, will coach them...
...WATSON, who rowed on the victorious crew of '69, will coach the Freshmen...
Under these circumstances, when there is a difference of opinion between the coach and the captain, the latter naturally wishes the decisive word, as in case of mistake the blame will fall upon him, and though ready to abide by his own mistakes, he naturally does not care to be responsible for those of another. This has been the cause of separation between the crew and the late coach. The latter insisted upon a measure which the captain believed to be wrong; he was therefore obliged to choose between rejecting the directions of the coach and retaining his own method...