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...this point it was seen that there would be trouble ahead, and a number of old Harvard oarsmen were consulted as to whether it was best to go on in the steps already taken. Their advice was, "Stick to it, you are in the right, and you must remember that you are fighting not for this year only, but also for the future interests of Harvard...
...challenged party. If this is an exclusive right of the challenged party, literally interpreted, Yale might compel Harvard to row in New Haven harbor this year. Harvard would be no less handicapped in rowing in New Haven harbor with good quarters than in rowing at New London with her old quarters...
...committee said that we were perfectly right in not being willing to occupy our old quarters again, and promised to consider the plans and specifications then laid before them. There the whole matter rested. Repeated efforts were made to induce the committee to take initiatory steps in the matter, but nothing was done, notwithstanding that the committee retained possession of the plans till they were called for after the race...
...time for the race came near, and when it became too late to construct new quarters, Captain Trimble requested the local committee to enlarge the old quarters. Nothing whatever was done in the matter, and in 1880 Harvard was again compelled to occupy her old quarters...
Probably this whole excitement will result beneficially both to the Crew and to the College. The Crew are likely to get their quarters, which they would not have got for several years if they had quietly consented to take their old quarters...