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...Shell for University Crew...
...crews rowed up-stream to the Brighton Bridge and returned immediately. The University crew went out in the shell, Iris II, which was presented by Walter Baylies '84, last spring. The new Bacon boat, the first Baylies boat, given in 1908, and the Crowninshield were used by the second, third and fourth crews respectively. Coach Wray supervised the work of the University crew from his single. The University boat at first went away unevenly and the men were slow in recovering. After a while, however, the shell steadied and came back to the boathouse in good form...
...former with the remark that the class of 1913 is bidding fair to mar the excellent record which it has maintained so far. As to the latter, we can only reiterate the statement that no previous experience is necessary, and that many 'Varsity oarsmen never sat in a shell before coming to College...
...verse, there are two poems of merit. E.E. Hunt, in his modern rendering of "Sir Orfeo," shows genuine literary conscience in sticking to the spirit of the original and in avoiding plenty of chances to decorate the phrasing. "A Shell Found Inland" proved a truly poetic find for J. G. Gilkey, who would have done better, nevertheless, to tell of it in two stanzas rather than in three. The rest of the verse and all of the fiction, save for passages here and there, have already been noticed at the beginning of this review...
...crew was only a seant length and a quarter of open water ahead. The third crew was by this time well out of the race, about six lengths behind. Halfway from Harvard Bridge to the finish the bow of the University boat lapped the stern of the second crew shell, the University crew rowing at this point a hard 33. The second crew fought hard, however, and the University eight was now only able to gain by feet. About a quarter of a mile from the finish both crews were rowing stroke for stroke at 33 and absolutely even. Three...