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...four miles is too exhausting. Before going any further it must be remembered that it is yet to be shown that any man whose vital organs were sound and who had properly and carefully trained, has ever been injured in a 'Varsity race, either in this country or in England. A certain amount of exhaustion is a necessary result of any severe physical contest where the participants are using their nervous and muscular energy to the highest degree. It takes some little time to regain the energy thus expended;--in rowing, perhaps longer than in most other sports...
...autumn of '96 this growing interest was greatly increased by the arrival of Mr. Lehmann. Mr. Lehmann had been for several years the coach of the Oxford University Crew, had been very successful, and was considered to be the best coach for eights in England, the home of good rowing. He came at the request of Captain Goodrich of the University crew, and with the approval of the Athletic Committee and the leading graduates interested in rowing, to help the Harvard crew out of the rut into which it had fallen. He was a man of great natural enthusiasm...
...Lehmann was invited to come to America and supervise the coaching of Harvard rowing. This he kindly and generously consented to do. On his arrival he set to work to change the style, so that it should conform to what was generally considered best in England. The two most important and obvious changes were shortening the slide by four or five inches and lengthening the body swing forward and back by about double. There were of course a number of other changes in the rigging which were also important but which would require too much space to be treated here...
...added to the Pierian this year will sing in public for the first time, accompanied by the orchestra. The orchestra has been enlarged and is much stronger than usual. It has been coached by Gustave Strube of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Professor F. L. Whitney of the New England Conservatory of Music. The chorus has been coached by Signor Bomboni of the New England Conservatory. Tickets at 25 and 50 cents each are on sale at Sever...
...life graduate members, and 12 student life members. There is one member of the Class of '29, two of the Class of '31, one of the Class of '35, one of the Class of '41, and two of the Class of '45. There are also members from Canada, Mexico, England and Egypt...