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Cornell. - The Freshman eight are now rowing seventeen miles daily, and are being carefully coached. J. E. Read left the crew last week, but his place has been filled...
...race draws near, we are anxious to know something definite about the arrangements that are being made in New London for the convenience of the crew and the spectators...
...crew leaves here the 22d, the day after Class Day, and will go immediately to their quarters, which are four miles from New London, and on the opposite bank of the river, very near the start. A boat-house has been built for them in a little cove just before their quarters, and they will row their boat up to it from the town the day of their arrival. The Yale quarters are a mile farther up the river, at Gale's Ferry...
...opportunities for seeing the race will be very good. Steamboats will follow the crews from start to finish, and it is guaranteed that they will do better than the poor tubs that followed the boats at Springfield last year; and there is no doubt that they will, for as New London is a seaport town, it of course has greater facilities for getting good boats than Springfield had. A train of platform cars, with seats arranged in the form of an amphitheatre, will also keep along by the side of the boats from start to finish. Each car will hold...
...Committee," and Mr. Fowler to the "Pipe." Mr. Weimer paid a tribute to Mr. Gillette, the former president. The Pierian Sodality was responded to by Mr. Talbott, and the Crimson and Advocate by Mr. Bradley and Mr. Pennypacker. Happy responses were made by Mr. Stow for the Crew, and by Mr. A. Perry for the committee on the supper. After the last toast, "Ourselves," had been appropriately answered by the president, Mr. Woodbury, the exercises were brought to a close in the customary pleasant way, and the rooms were handed over to the class...