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...first with Yale was held on Lake Quinsigamond, the "Oneida" winning from the "Shawmut" of Yale by four lengths. This first victory gave great impetus to the sports, which from that time on came into more and more prominence. Three years later the second race with Yale was won, and the first Harvard boathouse was built during the succeeding season. In 1859 and 1860 the University won from Yale and Brown on Lake Quinsigamond. The prow of the shell used in these races is now on exhibition in the Union...
...similar scheme night be applied to interscholastic rowing. The advantages of having a single race, the winning of which would be the main object of the scholastic crews, are obvious. Not only would schoolboy rowing in this neighborhood receive a great impetus, but the relations between Harvard and the schools would be sure to become closer and more cordial...
Also, from another point of view, this meet is a critical one for the 1912 track team. A victory today will give the maximum impetus against Yale next Saturday; a defeat will go far toward repeating the results of last year...
...Cosmopolitan Club, the Deutscher Verein and other such organizations are already taking an active interest in this project and it is hoped that with this impetus such an excellent plan will soon materialize...
...which is now being prepared under the direction of Professor Clemen, will contain some 20 larger and 30 to 40 smaller objects, and will be both in size and in intrinsic value fully equal to the gifts of the German emperor, which gave to the Museum its first great impetus some ten years...