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...annual dinner of the editors of the Crimson took place last Wednesday evening at Young's Hotel. About thirty gentlemen were present. Among the guests were the captains of the Crew, the Nine, and the president of the Athletic Association...
...most unpleasant things that the captain of any athletic organization has to encounter is the presence among the candidates for his team or crew of men who are actuated in their candidacy not by any desire for the good of the College, but by mere personal vanity. We do not intend to go into an elaborate discussion, and attempt to fix the proportion which such vanity may rightly hold in each man's motives. But it is manifest that in athletics, where the co-operation of numbers is necessary, some stronger and, if we may say so, higher motive than...
...should like to call the attention of the Junior class to the condition to which the finances of their crew have come. The treasurer not only has no money, but is unable to pay debts incurred in the Freshman and Sophomore years amounting to several hundred dollars. Moreover, it is necessary to get some new oars, and to pay for them. We urge those who owe the crew subscriptions to pay immediately, and also hope that new subscriptions will be forthcoming, as otherwise it may be impossible to put a Junior crew in the Class Races next spring...
...farm-house in which our Crew was quartered the past three years is certainly too cramped, besides being in a very hot situation. It is at some distance from the boat-house, and is devoid of any shade or shelter from trees. In this respect, the Yale crew has the better position. But if a frame house could be built, somewhere near the boat-house on the pine-clad little promontory that juts out into the river, to be the property of the University Boat Club, the fullest requirements of the Crew would be met; for they are undisturbed here...
...Varsity Crew is doing some good work on the weights in the Gymnasium, and under its able captain is getting into fair shape, considering the number of new men which compose it. It seems a pity, however, that there is no regular coach to direct it, as the next four or five weeks before the river is open are especially important, and an efficient trainer could do much towards improving them. We sincerely hope that a coach will be found at once to take charge of this gymnasium work, feeling assured that it would be the very best thing...