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...junior crew have received their new shell from Waters, and took a practice spin on the river yesterday afternoon...
...river. Practically no obstacle stand in the way of any one who wishes to take his exercise in this way. A comparatively new and commodious boat-house is, on the payment of a small fee, at the disposal of any one desiring to make use of it. After a spin on the river, hot and cold water and a warm room in which to dress are furnished. No hardships have to be undergone, no privations suffered, and, in fact, nothing remains to add attraction to this deservedly proper branch of athletics. But how different things were a score...
...Monday the candidates for the university crew began practice on the river. An eight composed of Adams, stroke, Hale, Alexander, Davis, Hight, Perry, Parker and Keyes, took a practise spin up the river...
...That the race falls at so late a date should deter none from entering. No one is at present in training for the event, and all have an equal chance. That the race should fall in examination time is perhaps a pity, but we are sure that a short spin on the river in the afternoon will injure no one in his examinations...
...traced directly to the restricted number of popular sports and to the consequent high proficiency necessary to an admission into the teams. While it may not be practicable for Harvard to follow the example of Oxford and Cambridge and send her undergraduates to a man for a spin on the river, a great amount of the energy hitherto wasted in inaction, might be directed with great success into other channels than those three into which are turned at present all the strength of body and skill in team work which are found in the college. Lacross if properly fostered, ought...