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Word was sent to Columbia that, as it would be necessary, in the event of a race, for the same Harvard crew to row Columbia which was to row Yale, Harvard would like to make the same agreement with Columbia as with Yale in regard to the men eligible for the crew. By this agreement candidates for the degrees A. B., B. S., Ph. B., LL. B., B. D., M. D., Ph. D., and A. M., are eligible to the crew; but candidates for the five lastnamed degrees must previously have taken the degree...
...agreed that the degrees C. E. and M. E., given at the Columbia School of Mines, be regarded as equivalent to the degree B. S. given at our Scientific School. Columbia, however, further desired, under plea of inferiority in point of numbers, to include among men eligible for her crew members of the Schools of Law and Medicine who were graduates neither of Columbia nor of any other college. Harvard thought that such an exception to the rule adopted by Yale and herself looked toward including in the crews a class of oarsmen whom it was particularly desirable to exclude...
...eights in training. His men row six or seven hundred strokes daily, and run about two miles. Several of the Freshmen are well built for rowing, and promise to make good men for the University; and the candidates are, as a whole, equal to the average Freshmen crew. Messrs. Schwartz and Crocker of last year's 'Varsity are coaching them with marked success. Mr. Schwartz in particular gives surprising evidence of a decided talent for coaching, the benefit of which we trust the 'Varsity may also enjoy. The Columbia and Yale Freshmen have been challenged; at the time of writing...
...possession of the machines. Captain Bancroft has set Captain North the example of having two eights at work. By keeping so many men in training, an opportunity for regular exercise is given to those who desire it, and a sufficient supply of good oarsmen is insured to form a crew, should one be desired, which can pull with the 'Varsity. There is no regular coach for the men now; Mr. Bancroft himself gives to their work the necessary oversight. They are doing a steady, moderate amount of work, which will, of course, be increased as spring approaches...
...watching the University Crew the visitor is much struck with the easy, matter-of-fact way in which the old men do their work as contrasted with the stiffer, more labored, and less efficient efforts of the new men. To the old men rowing seems to be the most natural thing in the world. It is worth rowing a couple of years to acquire that graceful, powerful style and swing which seem to make the severest labor mere pastime. The new men are stout, vigorous fellows; but they bucket, catch behind the others, do not go back far enough, hurry...