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...Burke, Inspector of Grounds and Buildings was granted a leave of absence for the remainder of the year. H. S. Crane will occupy his position temporarily...
Clinton H. Crane '94, has designed a new shell for the University crew, which will be tried out next spring. The new shell will be about seven feet shorter than the one at present in use, and consequently will draw about three quarters of an inch more...
...Crane is the designer of Dixie IV, which last year defended the Harmsworth cup for the fastest motor-boat in the world under 40 feet in length. The distinctive feature of the new shell is its stern, which will be square, instead of being drawn out to a fine point as in previous boats. The new shell embodies some of the lessons Mr. Crane learned in designing hydroplanes. Although it is square, it is so built that it will drag the least possible water astern. The fact that it is seven feet shorter than previous boats will materially lessen...
About the middle of this month the entire country was startled by the publication of a wholesale indictment of American colleges, and among them, Harvard, by Mr. R. T. Crane of Chicago. The extravagant language and the grossly exaggerated statistics called forth a host of editorial comment and protest. The figures were so distorted that, to all who were in any way familiar with college life, they refuted themselves...
What was more distressing however than the actual charges made by Mr. Crane was the unsympathetic attitude in which he wrote. By publishing his article he gave to many fathers and mothers in this country their only idea of college life--and his picture presented only an exaggeration of its worst side. That there is a certain amount of drinking and vice among undergraduates can not be denied. The millenium has not yet arrived. To those who are working faithfully and seriously to build up their own character and the reputation of their alma mater, whether it be Prineton...