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...standardization of a rowing stroke at the University, and the use of this stroke not only by crew men here, but also by the preparatory schools from which the University's oarsmen are in the main recruited, is one of the most important features of the winter rowing system which has this year been instituted...
...need for a distinctive stroke, designated particularly as the one used by the University and Freshman crews, became more evident that ever before this fall when the squad of nearly 300 men who reported for rowing made necessary the presence of several assistants in addition to Coach Haines...
...University's crew coaching staff are in favor of the plan and a number of discussions of the values of the different strokes now in use have been held this fall. Dr. Paul Withington '09, who acted in an advisory capacity during the fall season, is one of the strongest backers of the change and bases his arguments on the advantages of the English oarsmen in the Inter-Allied race at Paris last spring because of the use of a stroke which is practically standard throughout the British Isles...
Another instance of the simplification of tennis that has been proposed by the committee is the revision of the handicapping system. The new method of handicapping will consist of allotting to each player one or more points in a set, and these points will be added to the points made by the player in the entire set. The points won in each game are added together and to this is added the allotted handicap. The player then having the greater number of points wins the set, regardless of the number of games won or lost...
...great scholar Whitney was, indeed the greatest American scholar of his century. He was Professor of Sanskrit at Yale for forty years, and one of the men upon whose brilliant achievements was founded the prestige of Yale...