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...University crew took its last row for the season on Monday, having had more than eight weeks of practice on the river. Never before, we believe, has nearly so much work been accomplished in the fall term by a Harvard crew; and never before has a Harvard crew been, at this time, so far advanced. Fourteen men will now leave the boat and commence work on the machines...
...acquire a profession, does he not go to the headquarters of that profession, be they at home or abroad? Certainly he does. Where are the headquarters of rowing? Decidedly in England. (Even if in America, the principle would hold good.) Was not Cook, the captain of the Yale crew, shrewd enough to see that, by visiting the Mother Country and studying her oarsmanship, he could eventually whip any American college? The rowing of Yale was much admired by English critics at the Centennial Regatta. The Field says...
...Taken as a whole, the rowing of the American four-oared crews could not compare with that of the English in finish, ease, and elegance, whatever it might do in brute strength, the class of competitors being so utterly dissimilar. No heed appears to be paid to coaching or to form, except in the College crews, - Yale, in particular, being a marked exception to the rule. This has been brought about by the captain of the College Boat-Club, who not very long ago paid a visit of some duration to England, and studied the rowing of the University crews...
...candidates for the University crew are Legate, Lemoyne, Harriman, of '77; Bancroft, Loring, Lemoyne, Littauer, Harding, of '78; Jacobs, Brigham, Schwartz, Crocker, Preston, Smith, of '79. An eight and six are still on the river. Mr. Dana of the Law School is looking after the "torpids...
...last two Club Races one or more clubs have placed members of the first crew on the second crew, instead of keeping the first and second crews distinct, as was intended when the club system was instituted. This practice cannot be fairly discontinued by one club, unless the others discontinue it also, and we have therefore been requested by the captain of one of the clubs to suggest that a meeting be called of members of all the clubs, to take action in regard to this and other matters of general interest. It would be well if the meeting were...