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...contribution in yesterday's CRIMSON was very welcome to the college because it attempted to explain away "apparent carelessness." Let us see if it did so. The item of $181 was for a shell broken "August or September," 1886, and belonging to the class of '88. Why a shell should be moved during August or September, and where it was moved to, and who broke it, do not appear in the explanation. Is this "apparent" or real carelessness...
...CRIMSON: Seeing an account in yesterday's CRIMSON that the Boat Club was $575 in debt last year, though reported free of debt, I think it only just to the college to explain how such an error could be made. The first item of $206 was for a Waters shell which the club last year deemed useless. As the boat did not fulfil Mr. Waters' guarantee, the club sent it back to him and refused to pay the above amount. The club this year voted to receive the boat back after he had extensively altered it and paid...
...second item of $181 was for an '88 shell which was broken in August or September, 1886, while being moved according to orders of Captain Keyes. The club in April of this year voted to pay $181 to the '88 crew...
Towards the end of March, the crew left the machines for the river; beginning work in the light pair-oars. They next used the 'Varsity barge and finally a few weeks before the class races they changed it for their new Water's shell. In the class races the Freshmen came in third. Considering the fact that their captain was unable to row, and that several accidents occurred during the race, this was doing remarkably well...
...shell arrived from Water's yesterday morning, and this or the English boat will probably be used in the races...