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...race will come off, unless there is some reason for its postponement, on the 24th, and will be rowed in the sophomore's shell. The boat which Waters built for the freshmen, as was the case last year with the '93 boat, has proved unfit...
...roof of the Harvard quarters has been reshingled and the house generally renovated. A new boat house will be built, with quarters in it for Charlie Hart, which will probably be ready for use this year. The new shell which Davy is building will be ready soon. It is a beautiful boat, made of cedar. There are diagonal braces running from the seat bearing to the rising, and to keep the boat from rolling or sagging heavy iron diagonal braces are fastened across the bit from the gunwale and attached to a supplementary gunwale below. The boat...
...subscribed in proportion to their means, and it is with them that the responsibility will rest if their crew does not go to New London. The members of the crew have had to buy their own uniforms almost entirely. They cannot be expected also to buy their own shell and pay their own travelling expenses...
Cornell has challenged the Atalantas to an eight oared shell race to take place on Cayuga Lake...
...crews will be ready at the Brookline Bridge promptly at the appointed hour, 4.30 p. m. The stern of each shell will be held from a boat attached to a rope stretched across the river. As soon as the shells are in position one long whistle will be blown as a preparatory signal. Twenty seconds after this signal, three short, sharp whistles will signify, "Are you ready...