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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Rough water along the lower part of the Basin cut the scheduled time trial of the Varsity 150 pound crew and the third Varsity short to a half mile yesterday afternoon. But in that brief spin along the Cambridge shore it was evident again that Bert Haines' current first eight is one that easily stands alongside Tom Bolles' Varsity and Jayvee boatloads in excellence...
Disorganized because of illness, the third Varsity crew will hold an informal race with the Union Boat Club over the mile and three quarters course in the basin this afternoon...
Seeking its second win of the season, eight Varsity oarsmen will face Tech and Rutgers this afternoon over the Henley course in the Basin...
Site chosen for this edifice is the edge of the cherry-rimmed Tidal Basin, directly on the North-South axis from the White House through the Washington Monument. The building will serve no purpose other than to house a monumental statue of Thomas Jefferson similar to the one now in the Capitol. To give the building due impressiveness, the irregular Tidal Basin will be drained, its cherry trees uprooted and transplanted. Three formal reflecting pools will be constructed to take the Basin's place, new streets will have to be built and paved, new traffic arteries allocated. Washington engineers...
...Those round the Tidal Basin are only good for a few years more anyway...