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EDITORS MAGENTA, - In view of the new boating-system at Harvard, you asked me to write you what I know about college rowing here. The science of rowing, or, rather, of turning out a good crew, may be resolved into one grand and simple element, and a few minor ones. The all important element is "tubbing"; a "tub" being a clinker-built boat about twelve feet long and four wide, with an experienced oarsman sitting in the stern, and two green hands, or otherwise, at the oars. I say "or otherwise," for even the members of the 'Varsity are tubbed...
...Mitchell. In fact, Saratoga has in every way vindicated its character for straightforward dealing. The promises of the S. R. A. in regard to pool-selling, accommodations, etc., were observed with the most punctilious exactness. The greatest order and decorum prevailed, and the much-dreaded John Morrissey was rather a blessing than otherwise, by concentrating whatever wickedness there was in town behind the green curtains of his club-house. Never before has Saratoga been filled with so large or so respectable an assemblage as that which thronged to witness the Regatta of 1874, and it is safe to assert that...
...justify the expense and trouble, which had much better be concentrated on the University crew. Our entry in the single-scull race, Mr. Devens, pulled a very good race, taking into account the time he devoted to training, which was, we believe, hardly three days. We remember feeling rather badly at the time that the reputation of the College for sculling should be staked on a race for which so little preparation had been made...
...some men. They regret the old, are fearful of the new. Under all the festivities of the season there flows a strong current of deep feeling. The joy of arrival at any stage in life's journey is never unmingled with regret for the past. All men are sobered rather than exhilarated on the approach of any such epoch. The shadows are even stronger by contrast with the assumed gayeties of the occasion. These feelings are good. They are the true realities of existence. The man who is unaffected by them, on whom the past has no influence...
...observance is that about the year 1760 the students had become so boisterous in their demonstrations on that day that the College authorities attempted to abolish the custom, which had then been in existence a considerable time. For some unknown reason, the attempt did not succeed; but the day rather grew in importance, and has continued to do so, until in late years it has come to be preeminently the day of festivities and rejoicing...