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...over $32,000 is spent on athletics at Harvard, there is a very natural desire on the part of all those in any way interested to know where the money comes from and for what it is spent. In order to have some responsible person to control this great fund, a graduate treasurer was last year appointed for the purpose not of taking direct charge of all the receipts and expenses of the various teams, but to have a general supervision of all the accounts and receive whatever surplus remains at the end of the year. The different teams...
Cummings '93, 5, 170 lbs. Rowed last year on the freshman crew. Clumsy, stiff, does not control his recover...
Lynam, M. S., 6, 165. Has rowed at Bowdoin. Has the faults of a professional style. Does not control his recover or row his shoulders well back...
Shea '94, bow, 165. Has rowed in the B. A. A. crew. Does not control his recover, nor let his arms swing out freely, but keeps them at a constant angle with his body so as to raise his oar high in the air at the full reach...
...personal liberty of a student amounted to very little. He was nominally obliged to attend recitations, but so little was the rule regarded that it was the custom for a party of no small number to take an extended tour during the winter term. Athletics were not under control. Athletic organizations might leave Cambridge at will, and men who had very little standing in their class might represent the University on athletic teams. The result was that Harvard was looked upon as a place where a very loose government had control. Outsiders criticized harshly, and finally the overseers took...