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...previous year in the history of Harvard boating has there been so much interest centered in the class races. Every day a large number of students go down to the boat-house to watch the different crews at their work on the river. Eight men in a boat, moving backward and forward with machine-like regularity, all with caps corresponding to the colors of their oars, present a fine sight. Each of the three upper class crews entertain great hopes of victory, and take every opportunity to improve its chines of success. These three crews are so evenly matched that...
Blank postal cards are being sent around college to all those men who have not subscribed to the university crew. It is earnestly requested that these postal be filled out as soon as possible, and mailed. The crew is in need of money, and if the college at large wish to see their eight successful at New London this year, they must subscribe what they can to its support...
...when the first university crew was organized, in 1856, that any color was worn. It then consisted of a scarlet band around the caps of the oarsmen. This was adopted also the following year ; but the university crew of '58 decided to wear handkerchiefs, instead of caps, and, after considerable discussion, chose blue for their color. The Beacon Cup race was soon to come off, and one of the crew, failing to find handkerchiefs of the desired color, purchased six Chinese silk handkerchiefs instead, which were nearly crimson. This continued to be the color for several years...
...when the class races were instituted, each crew chose its own color, and the famous class of '56 chose magenta. About this time the College Union Regatta took place at Worcester ; and as magenta was the prevailing color there, those of the university crew who had not brought along their own colors, could procure nothing but magenta. They, however, caused their color to be put down on the program as "red." The color was therefore easily confounded with the college crimson from newspaper accounts of the races. A full meeting of the undergraduates was held May 6th, 1875, when crimson...
...Bowdoin crew are training under the supervision of Fred Plaisted, the oarsman...