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During the past year, several important changes have been made in the style of the bi-weeklies at Yale. Up to the present year, the Courant and the Record have been conducted on the same plan, and they have given themselves up to the lightest kind of literature. But Yale is unwilling to support two papers of this style, and to meet the demand of the University the '88 boards of editors have made radical changes in the respective fields of the Record and Courant...
...heaviest candidate for Columbia's crew weighs 202 pounds, and the lightest...
There are now twenty men trying for the freshman crew. They are, as a rule, good solid looking men and ought to give a good account of themselves at New London next spring. The heaviest man trying weighs 183 pounds and the lightest...
...said to be an excellent single oarsman, although most of his time this year has been spent in the eight. Stevenson and Hartridge, the other two men, have rowed before in their class boats. Cadwell, the little coxswain, has grown rather heavier since last year, but is still the lightest man at Yale. He has had a great deal of experience and steers a wonderfully straight course...
John R. Chainey, from the Chelsea Boat House, London, has recently been engaged by Yale to coach and train the 'varsity, under the general direction of Bob Cook. Since the arrival of Chainey, Caldwell has taken the place of Appleton as stroke, and, though the lightest man in the boat, is doing well. The crew's stroke is inclined to be a trifle short and snappy, a defect which will be overcome...