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Davy has just completed an eight-oared shell for Yale at the University boat house...
Four sets of eight-oared sweeps are being built for the Newell and Weld boat clubs, by J. F. Donahue, who made the oars for the University crew last year. An eight-oared shell for the Weld boat club, and a light pair oar for the University boat club are being made by H. W. Davy of Cambridge. The old boats this winter have been repaired and have had new covers put on them. Although the equipment now on hand is not sufficient for the needs of the men, this defect will be remedied before rowing begins...
...University boat house opened yesterday for the early rowing. During the past months the shells have been overhauled and repaired, and a complete new set of rowing machines has been put in the gymnasium room. A powerful gasoline engine connected by two shafts with the tank has recently been installed, and by means of two large propellors a surface current of about six miles an hour can be created. This will make the blade-work much more satisfactory as the principal evil of the stationary shell is the weight of dead water that the oar has to displace. Several trials...
...quarrel over the oyster and are surprised by the captain of the coast guard, who takes them off to court. In the third period the trial scene takes place in which the judge emphasizes the nature of all men of his kind by giving each of the Travelers a shell and appropriating the oyster for himself. The ballet closes with a grand march. The three features of the dance are the "wave dance" of E. B. Ahlborn in the first act; the grotesque dance by H. Kellogg, with its original acrobatic features, and a solo by the improviser...
...house is built in the belief that here also will dwell this spirit of democracy side by side with the spirit of true comradeship, friendship; but today this is a mere shell, a body into which you, Harvard students, and you alone can breathe life and then by a constant and generous use of it educate yourselves and each other...