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Though the name sounds formidable, the form of the ode is very free. Its length, some fifty pages of the book, enables the author to cover the field,--the Yard, Harvard bridge, the Stadium, the river, Marliave's, Class Day--all the haunts and activities of the normal undergraduate. A few lines of quotation will give an idea of its tone...
...QUARTERS, GALES FERRY, CT., June 18, 1907.--The work of all the crews was very light today, owing to the oppressive heat. In the latter part of the afternoon a gentleman's four, made up from the Yale graduates, raced one composed of Harvard graduates, and won by a length in a quarter-mile race. The university crew went downstream two miles and back, accompanied by Coach Kennedy...
...mile mark. The crews then turned around and started back with the Freshmen slightly in the lead. The crews remained in about the same relative position for some distance, when the Freshmen started to draw ahead and gained a quarter of a boat length. Farley then raised his stroke and the crews raced for a quarter of a mile. The University eight spaced well and finished a half a length in the lead. The University four-oar rowed over two miles of the course against the tide, this afternoon, in slow time, and the Freshman four-oar, coxswained by Assistant...
...draw bridge and started there, the freshman eight taking up the race at the one-mile mark. At the two-mile mark the university fur-oar joined in with a lead of a third of a mile. The university crew succeeded in beating the freshmen by one length. The men rested in the afternoon and went sailing on the yacht Tuscarora. No work was done today by any of the crews...
...rowed about 32 strokes per minute for the first half-mile, which was covered in good time. Then the stroke was lowered until the end of the second mile, where the Freshman eight was waiting off the Navy Yard. Starting on even terms the 1910 boat took about a length on their racing start, and at a fast clip had a quarter of a length of open water at the 2 1-2 mile flag. This lead was maintained with slight variations until the crews passed the 3 1-2 mile post. Both rowed hard, making a very pretty race...