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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...placed in the hands of five trustees, graduates of Harvard and men interested in rowing, who intend to form a club of which any student in the university may become a member by paying a fee. The members, and members only, are to have free use of the boats. Enough boats. comprising eights, fours, pairs and singles are to be put in to accomodate seventy men. The object of the giver is to create an interest in rowing among men outside of the crews, so that the 'Varsity may have a larger field of practiced men to choose from...
...have heard seems decidedly premature. It can hardly be expected that with but two weeks of trial the new system should work to perfection. It should certainly be accorded a fair trial before it is atterly condemned; if, after that trial, it proves inefficient, there will be time enough then to decry it. Young men are far too apt to find fault on the spur of the moment where no material fault lies; and college men most of all, perhaps, are prone to demand more than is their due. It certainly will not be amiss if the present system...
...will be drawn by lot. Each crew will then be put in charge of a member of the University crew who will coach his men one day and act as coxswain in the race on the following day. The usual course in front of the boat-house is long enough to allow a sharp and interestrace. The floats will be allowed to remain in place as long as possible...
...Athletic Field back of Divinity Hall is nearly finished, and will be very useful as there is room enough for two diamonds or two football fields. Part of the land is owned by the college and part was leased with the option of buying, by former members of the Athletic Association...
...captain of the eleven has done and is doing his best, he must have your assistance in order that he may succeed. Subscriptions are necessary, but subscriptions are not all. Your presence is needed on the field to encourage the men to earnest work, but your presence is not enough. What is most to be desired is your active participation in the game, whether your position on the eleven be secured or not. Liberal subscriptions, whole-souled enthusiasm, active personal efforts, all three, united to the energy of the captain, are bound to secure for Harvard the victory in football...