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...meeting held for the purpose last night, Capt. Borland gave some advice to the candidates for the freshman crews, the importance of which, we hope, will be duly appreciated. He urged the necessity of the punctual attendance at the gymnasium of every man at the time appointed for doing the weights, and said that negligence in this respect and in the doing of the other work on the track and chest-weights, was not only unjust to themselves and to the class, but subjected the coach and the other members of the crew to serious inconvenience, and would be taken...
...Yale crew take an easy pull almost every day, although the men are not yet in training. F. Rogers will probably take Storrs' place as starboard stroke, and No. 3 will be the seat left to be filled...
...university at large when we say that the Yale race should be rowed under any reasonable consideration, and that the Columbia race should not be rowed if there is any possibility of its interfering either with the Yale race or with the general interests or comforts of our crew. True, Columbia men may be, and undoubtedly are, inclined to be more gentlemanly than Yale men, but in a sport like rowing, where ungentlemanly conduct cannot win as it can in foot-ball, we should choose the more effiicent adversary. However much Yale may strive to make herself disagreeable...
That the executive committee, in opposition to the general wish of the university at large, and against the inclination of some of the members of the crew, has considered it advisable to again challenge Columbia, is due to our strong wish to give our opponents all the chances which we can consistently with our own interests allow. Knowing that the cause of last July's trouble cannot be definitely proved, and wishing to keep up friendly relations between Columbia and Harvard, we are willing to put ourselves to additional trouble and expense, but we are NOT willing to do anything...
...executive committee of the Boat Club has determined to challenge the Columbia crew for a race this year, as usual...