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...proceeds of the three concerts given by the Freshman Musical Clubs this spring amounted to $361.26. This money has been turned over to the Freshman crew to help in paying for their new shell...
...University crew rowed in the same order yesterday as on Wednesday. They used the new shell for the second time and it proved very satisfactory. It was built by Davy on very much the same lines as last year's shell, having the same fine bow and wide shallow stern. The keel is a half-inch deeper and consequently the boat is even stiffer than last year's shell of the same model...
Three new eight-oared shells were ordered this year by the Athletic Association, two to be built by Robinson, the English boat-builder, and one by Davy. Robinson has been working here five months, and in that time he has completed one of the shells ordered. He will have the other finished by the latter part of May. The measurements of the 1899 University boat were followed in building these shells, and they are of medium weight and rather stiff. Robinson has also done much work repairing and rigging old boats, and has built one single shell. Davy has just...
...verse is varying in its quality. "Self-Pity" by F. C. Gulick is an introspective sonnet which loses much by the obscurity of its symbolism and a bit of awkward phrasing. In "To a Stuffed Owl" and in "The Interval," W. Bynner has shown his versatility. "What the Sea Shell Told" is a pleasing bit of rhyme, but has no claim to originality of thought or treatment...
...tank is being used on alternate days by the Weld and Newell clubs, and has thus far proved useful but not entirely satisfactory. Although skeleton blades are used, the water seems heavy on the car and requires more work than in an ordinary shell. Nevertheless it is considered a success and a great improvement over the machines...