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...From these sources have sprung a body of men whose interest has been aroused and whose attitude toward rowing is very different from that of the average university oar of the past. More intelligent methods of training and a dawning idea that rowing is not a drudgery, but a sport and a recreation, have worked great changes in the attitude of the men, and many of them have now become actively interested in rowing clubs after graduation. From this body of men the new rowing organization has emanated and on them it will depend for its active support...
This feeling in regard to the place of rowing as an amateur sport has now taken form in the organization of the "American Rowing Association," with plans frankly based on the English "Henley." The government is vested in a Board of Stewards who have entire control of the regatta. This plan of organization differs radically from that at present in vogue in other associations in this country; but it is believed that this form of government will do much to relieve the Board from politics and internal dissention. The members of this Board do not officially represent any university...
...view of the active interest in athletics at this time of year, it is interesting to estimate the number of men engaged in the different branches of sport. Last week by actual count taken, it was found that 569 different men played tennis on the courts at Jarvis, Norton's and Holmes Fields. The following statistics show roughly the number of men engaged in sports daily: Tennis, 200 Baseball, 140 Track, 135 Rowing, 130 Golf, 50 Lacrosse, 30 Shooting, 25 Cricket, 12 Gymnasium, 60 Total...
...Harvard rule is as follows: "No student shall be allowed to represent Harvard * * * who shall at any time have received for taking part in any athletic sport or contest any pecuniary gain or emolument whatever, direct or indirect, with the single exception that he may have received from the college organization or from any permanent amateur association of which he was at the time a member, the amount by which the expenses necessarily incurred by him in representing his organization in athletic contests exceeded his ordinary expenses...
...committee has been to secure books written by masters of English; the more important novels of the day; books on sport and relating to the history of the University; books in foreign languages; encyclopaedias, and dictionaries...