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...season of backward development, marked by several surprising reverses, has brought the University eleven up to the time of the Yale game with but a poor record for its total work. Two games have been lost, and two others won by the narrowest margins; nor in any game has the work of the eleven been consistently satisfactory...
...Charles River dam, by virtue of an act passed by last year's General Court and approved June 24, is at last authorized after several years of agitation. By the terms of the bill, the dam is to be constructed across the lower end of the river in the narrowest part of the basin a short distance above the Craigie Bridge. A large fresh water basin will thus be created, extending from the Craigie Bridge up beyond the Longwood Bridge. The following committee on construction has recently been appointed: President, H. S. Pritchett of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, chairman...
...Aside from this, the dam and basin will greatly improve the river for University rowing. It will obviate the necessity for rowing at low-tide in a very narrow channel, as at present, and will facilitate coaching by allowing the launch to keep alongside the crew even at the narrowest parts of the river...
...Rough, of Oxford, England, last summer, has arrived in Ithaca. The dimensions of the shell are 62 feet 4 inches long, 22.5 inches beam, 6.5 inches deep at bow, and 5.5 at stern. The length is a little greater than the regular American boat, but it is the narrowest shell in Cornell's stock. The seats are arranged away from the centre and on the side on which the man rows, the four port men being on a line on one side, and the four starboard men lined up on the other. The cost of the shell, including transportation...
...reported that Koest has just received an order for a new barge from the managers of the Yale navy. The barge, which will be finished December 1, is to be built of cedar, sixty feet in length, and 25 inches in width. This will be one of the narrowest barges ever constructed, the object of which is to avoid any change of the style of rowing when the crew is transferred to the shell...