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...Dinner. Typical dinner-cocktails (J. martini, F. rye) with appetizer: hickory nuts from island; raw carrots and celery; tinned lobster, crab or anchovies; broiled giblets, etc., or pâateé de foie gras. Hot hors d'oeuvres on Japanese habachi, making blinis (small pancakes) for caviar and sour cream, broiled mushrooms, etc. Soup-tinned (wide choice) or from chicken or beef stock we have made. Or broiled lobster tails or cold boiled fish with mayonnaise. Entree-meat (generally chops, beefsteak, chicken or veal cutlet) or fish (lake trout au court bouillon), Chops and steak broiled over open fire...
Second prize was given to Robert A. Hatfield '59 for his essay, "A History of the Crab Nebula...
...Thirteen crews showed up on Princeton's Lake Carnegie for the sprint championship of the Eastern Association of Rowing Colleges. But the only question up for argument was: Who will finish second to Yale? The answer was supplied by Harvard's stroke, Bob Lawrence, who caught a crab 200 yds. from the finish and was lofted into the lake. Without him, Harvard finished third behind Penn, while Yale, as expected, set a lake record for 2,000 meters: 5:54.4.
...varsity was three-quarters of a length behind the Elis and had over a length lead on Pennsylvania and Syracuse when Lawrence caught a reverse feather crab which knocked him out of the shell. Jim McClennen, rowing seven, led the crew for the closing stretch...
Then the Elis pulled out slightly. Penn and Syracuse were far behind the Crimson. The varsity shortened up on its slides and ran the stroke higher. It appeared to be gaining slightly, although certainly not enough to have caught the powerful Yale varsity. Then came the crab and a close win over Syracuse for third place...