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Eighty-seven pulled for the first time Thursday. Eighty-eight has not yet appeared on the water...
Several Wesleyan sophomores were guilty of throwing water on some freshmen. As a result the President withdrew scholarships to the amount of $75 each, from eight students. Great indignation prevails...
...rule are spiritless contests in which the participants are the only ones very much interested. Boating has been on a decline, and men have gotten their exercise from other sources. The wide popularity of tennis has taken many good men who might have had their exercise on the water. The crew men and those within the aquatic circle sorely regret this state of affairs. Strong efforts to revive boating interest will be made. Just what direction these efforts will take it is not now possible to say. The matter is being quietly discussed. It is not improbable that next spring...
...June 20th, the rival crews were started. Harvard took the water first, rowing 41 strokes to the minute to Columbia's 34. In the first hundred yards Harvard opened clear water between the shells, and at the half mile flag Columbia was three lengths to the rear. In going to the mile flag the Harvard stroke dropped to 39, 38, and finally to 34, while Columbia hit up the stroke to 36, 37 and 38. At the mile and a half buoy Harvard was eight lengths to the good, and was rowing in splendid form, while Columbia had begun...
...GREAT RACEhad begun. Both crews caught the water well, though Harvard obtained a slight advantage. For a moment all was still; then, when it was seen that Harvard was going slowly to the front, a roar went up from the spectators on the train that must have been heard at the finish line. Both crews were pulling 40 strokes to the minute, yet at the half-mile stake the Yale men had fallen three lengths to the rear. This distance was covered by Harvard in 2m. 58s.; by Yale in 3m. 12s. Upon entering the second half-mile rough water...