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Oarsmen, coaches, and managers, following the precedent set last week, spent Sunday on Mr. J. P. Morgan's yacht the "Corsair". A short cruise was taken down the sound and the party returned to quarters in the early evening...
...Conn., June 11.--The second week of rowing for the Crimson crews got under way today with a full schedule for each group of oarsmen. The men had a rest over the week-end when they went out into the sound aboard the "Corsair", and the coaches felt that after the lay-off today's program should be strenuous...
...Conn., June 10.--Coaches, managers, and oarsmen of all four crews enjoyed a holiday today on the "Corsair", the yacht of Mr. J. P. Morgan '89. Altogether 56 men boarded the yacht at 9 o'clock this morning and cruised as far as Green port, Long Island, and back, returning to Red Top at 6 o'clock in the evening. Although the water was rather cold, a short swim at Green port was much enjoyed...
Lionel is worse than a drunkard: he wishes Oliver's estate, and has him kidnapped to be sold as a slave to the Moors. In rage and bitterness Sir Oliver forswears his religion and becomes a Barbary Corsair, in high favor with the pasha. Sir Oliver plans a desperate coup of vengeance. As Sakr-el-Bahr, the Sea-Hawk, he descends with his pirates upon the Cornish coast and steals Lionel and Rosamund on the eve of their wedding...
Yesterday the entire University crew squad was the guest of H. S. Morgan, freshman captain, aboard the yacht "Corsair." Starting at 9 o'clock in the morning, an extended excursion on Long Island Sound was taken, and the party did not return to headquarters at Red Top until late in the afternoon. The men were greatly cheered by the relief this trip afforded from the monotony of daily workouts...