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GYMNASIUM practice at Yale must be very effective, for according to the recently published weights of the Yale Crew, one man has gained THIRTY POUNDS since the race in July...
First, I can tell you the names of all the men who have been on the Team, Nine, or Crew, for the last three years, with a running commentary on each one; very valuable information, I assure you, sir, as you would find, if you took a girl out to see a base ball or football match...
BEFORE long '84 will, in all probability, receive a challenge from Columbia to row a race in Freshman eights. In view of this, we wish to show '84 that Freshman racing outside of the College is advantageous neither to the College at large, the University Crew, nor the class itself. In the first place, we must say, that because '83 Harvard defeated '83 Columbia, there is no reason why '84 Columbia should feel bound to challenge our Freshmen; nor need our Freshmen feel bound to accept if they do receive a challenge. '84 was practically no part of either college...
...Freshmen to row them; and if they win a race with any other college it produces little effect in the world outside of college that Harvard should have won; whereas, if Harvard Freshmen are beaten, it makes the greatest sensation, and nearly every one thinks it was the University Crew which has been beaten. This occurred in the case of '81's defeat by Cornell, and is alone almost a sufficient reason for doing away with them...
...ought to be put into the 'Varsity much later than the class races, as it would take some time for him to get in with the 'Varsity men's work. Last year, after the class races, the Captain of the 'Varsity wished two of the '83 crew to leave their boat and row as substitutes on the 'Varsity. The Captain of the Freshmen naturally enough objected to having his crew broken up; and thus we see that an outside race clashes directly with the 'Varsity's interest. We think too, as most Freshmen have never done hard work in rowing...