Word: offing
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Dates: during 1900-1900
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Therefore it was decided last year that some other method must be devised by which more men could receive instruction, and be given a chance to row and to row in races. The Weld Boat Club, with a membership of about 400, was already in existence, and prospering. But it...
In the first place the club did not have very attractive quarters. Neither did it have anything like the proper equipment. Then again the professional instructor did not understand the work very well, nor did he fall into the spirit of it, so that such crews as did got out...
Then came the graded crews, and the Newell club took on the semblance of activity. But it amounted to nothing, for the only people who took any interest were those rowing in the graded crews, which were practically Varsity trial eights, and outside of these there was nothing. After the...
This autumn it was again taken up, but every one had lost faith in the management of the Newell club, and men were unwilling to waste their time and chances there. A few crews were scraped together, however, but the club was not a success.
In order to insure this success it must have at least a fair share of the best men in College actively interested in it. To accomplish this it has been decided to give up the old system of selecting the class crews. The present plan is to have each club...