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Dates: during 1900-1909
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This afternoon at 3 o'clock the second, third, and fourth crews from the University squad will hold a race on the Charles River, starting at the Longwood Bridge and ending in the basin opposite the Union Boat Club, a distance of one and seven-eighths miles. All three crews have been on the river since February 21, and consequently are unusually well developed for so early in the season. The race will be for the purpose of trying out the men, and only one of the three crews will be retained. This will leave the University squad actually with...
During the past week no radical changes have been made in any of the crews. The first boat has been on the river every day, despite the bad weather, and has usually rowed to the basin and back, accompanied by Coach Wray in the John Harvard. Yesterday, owing to the absence of Faulkner, Coach Wray went in at bow. Morgan is still stroking, and Waid is at five...
...captain shall be elected each year, preferably from the Junior class, who shall have charge of the rowing at the Weld Boat Club. It will be his business to see that everything runs smoothly; he shall have the deciding voice in any dispute that may arise and shall have the appointing of the three committees mentioned below...
History of Weld Boat Club...
...Weld Boat Club was founded in 1890 by George W. Weld '61, for the promotion of undergraduate rowing. The old club house stood on the site of the new one until the erection of the latter in 1907. The club was a great success from the first and filled a long felt want. This interest showed itself in the development of good crews and scullers, whose excellence is shown by the fact that in one regatta alone the club won seven events. The University crew drew many of its members from the Weld crews, taking five men from one eight...