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...candidates for the University Crew row every afternoon at four and a half, and they are at present being coached in pair-oars by Mr. Loring, '69. The men run four miles three evenings in the week, but the captain expects them soon to begin to run to Fresh Pond, around the pond, and back to the Square, - a distance of six miles. A boat with stationary seats is being prepared for the crew, and the captain has ready now some uniforms, consisting of shirts, drawers, and stockings, all of crimson, that will be serviceable in cold weather. He intends...
...pleasure alone, but more than that, to keep up the boating prestige of the College which they have chosen for their Alma Mater. The present Freshman Class is by far the largest which has ever entered at Harvard, and from all appearances ought to contribute largely toward the University Crew, besides having a good crew...
Another thing that those trying for a crew should bear in mind is that they must sacrifice all pleasures inconsistent with training to the work they have undertaken. Anything which retards their physical improvement is not only harm done to themselves, but it is also an injury to the interests of the College, which depends upon their efforts for success. The sacrifices which they are obliged to make are never unrewarded. In recompense for self-denial in a few things, they obtain the respect of their fellow-students, and the honor of representing them...
...shall hope to see the boating men of '79 begin their gymnasium work early, and keep to it diligently; and if they do not bring us any flags from Saratoga next year, at least we shall be able to say of them, as of the last Freshman crew, it was through no fault of their...
Expenses of crew...