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...known whether he will be able to row the rest of the season. Still there are men enough left so that the eight seats can be filled each day, and the crew goes out for a row. Last Friday the barge was set up for the season, and a shell taken down and used in its stead. As usual at first, the sight of the eight ugly men struggling to keep the boat on its keel was laughable without doubt. But now the improvement has been such that the crew goes tolerably steady. The order is as follows...
...freshmen are rowing in the same order as at the last writing. Yesterday, Perkins appeared as coach, and Jones rowed in his class boat. What the arrangement is, or how long the present state will last, is not known at present. They are in their new Davy cedar shell...
...been here the whole vacation, and seems to work with a vigor and determination that is a model for senior crews, or any crew, and the work is telling plainly in the improvment made in the rowing. The crew has been in a shell several days, but owing to the bad weather lately, it has been put into the barge again. There have been no changes since the last writing...
...have secured the services of Mr. Storrow, '88, to coach. He will probably be of much service to them. Some of the men are sick with colds, and are not fit to row. They are rowing in the same order as before recess. They have just received their paper shell from Waters of Troy, and are very much displeased with it. However, it is as good work as can be expected from such an establishment...
...Columbia freshman crew is already rowing in a shell...