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...Freshmen have not yet subscribed the full amount assessed upon them for the University crew, the Advocate to the contrary notwithstanding...
...same paper contains a good deal of sporting news. The Cambridge Handicap One-Mile race was won in 4 min. 37 3/5 sec. The Cambridge University crew is hard at work. Their weights at present are as follows, - an English stone, by the way, is 14 lbs.: P. W. Brancker, Jesus (bow), 11 st. 9 lbs.; 2, T. W. Lewis, Caius, 11 st. 12 1/2 lbs.; 3, W. B. Close, 1st Trinity, 11 st. 12 1/2 lbs.; 4, C. Gurdon, Jesus, 12 st. 6 lbs.; 5, L. G. Pike, Cains, 12 st. 6 1/2 lbs.; 6, T. E. Hockin, Jesus...
...Brunonian explains that Brown has determined to send no crew to Saratoga for the following "simple" reasons, which cannot help being "satisfactory to the most ardent friend of Brown or the dullest intellect": first, one of their best men could not row, for reasons not made public, and of course they would not send a crew which did not contain all "their best men"; and secondly, they owe "quite a sum" for last year's expenses, and wisely consider that it is best to incur no new debts until the old ones are paid...
...months previous to the day of the race; or candidates for the degree of LL. B., B. D., M. D., Ph. D., or A. M., who have been pursuing their studies for one term previous to the day of the race, shall be eligible to row on the University crew; provided, however, that all candidates for the last five degrees above named, to wit: LL. B., B. D., M. D., Ph. D., A. M., shall have previously taken the degree of A. B., B. S., or Ph. B., from the college on whose crew they...
...Freshman crew is successful, there is enough encouragement given the strong men of the class to work for the University. But if the crew is unsuccessful, or if, through lack of interest or mismanagement, no crew is sent to the race, the enthusiasm of many men cools, and the class makes a poor show in after years. When the crew is unsuccessful the good men are often discouraged, and if the crew falls through, it is not generally until towards the end of Freshman year, and men who might have been good oars have not been tested in club crews...