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...playing this year. New and inexperienced men have had to be developed for the other positions. Owing to the short time that the team has been able to hold outdoor practice, the coaches have not been able to develop much team play. However, the work during the past few days has been encouraging and gives promise of a good team later in the season...
During the five weeks that the upperclass crews have been out on the river the improvement has been steady and the crews are lengthening the distances. The weather conditions of the past two weeks have been favorable and the men have had the added benefit of coaching from the "Veritas", the Seniors and Sophomores by Rice three days in the week and the Juniors by Stephenson the rest of the time...
...following books have been added to the Union Library during the past week...
During the past week the men have all shown marked improvement. The boat was on an even keel and spaced out well between the strokes, which were clean and lively. The stern four especially, were in good form. Newhall at 7 reached well out on the catch and at 6 R. Bacon appeared to have corrected his faulty finish, getting his shoulders well into play throughout the stroke. At number 4 Glass also showed improvement. He used his arms well and his body motion on the recovery was much smoother than it has previously been this season...
...Stern opened the debate for the affirmative with a clear, well-constructed speech. The conditions in France, he said, are such that workingmen cannot provide for their old age. For the past 50 years the government has tried to remedy these conditions by a plan of workingmen's insurance, but it has failed. Relief can be had by adopting a scheme to provide pensions for superannuated workmen...