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...officers of the Holworthy Boat Club are: H. J. Harwood, '77, President; J. R. W. Hitchcock, '77, Secretary and Treasurer. A. W. Morgan, '78, who was elected captain, has resigned...
...meeting of the Freshman class, Wednesday afternoon, H. S. Bond, Jr., was chosen president, and C. H. Hobbs secretary of the class. E. D. Jordan was elected captain of the Foot-Ball eleven; F. M. Holden, captain of the Ball Nine; S. Shillito, captain of the crew. There are about 225 men in the class, and a good nine and crew are expected...
...meeting of the Weld Boat Club, held on Wednesday last, the following officers were elected: T. M. Sloane, '77, President; J. Burr, '79, Secretary and Treasurer; P. W. Page, '77, Captain...
WHATEVER may be the respective merits of the Oxford and Harvard strokes, and whatever advantages Captain Cook's "adaptation of the English stroke" may possess, there is another question outside of these matters, - the question as to how an active interest in boating can be revived. The results of the races last May were not flattering to the much-extolled club system; the boats were filled with hastily collected, imperfectly trained oarsmen, that varied as much in ability and knowledge of rowing as a crew possibly could. The boating-men who were not in training for the "Varsity...
...regard to the training of the crew as are made in the letter referred to. No one can expect men to be very rigid in their self-discipline when it makes no apparent difference to others whether or no they are strict with themselves. We have this year a captain who is fully alive to the responsibility of his position. It is for the rest of us now to make up our minds whether we will support him in his efforts to produce a winning crew, or whether we will betake ourselves to our cigarettes and let matters...