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...Boston wall in order to escape the worst of the rough water. It was pretty clear now that the Freshmen had the race well in hand for at a 32 stroke they were able to gain on the University eight at 34. The strip of open water between rudder and prow of the two shells widened perceptibly as they neared the finish, and at the drop of the flag there was nearly 60 feet of it--a full two lengths' margin. Owing to the rough water the crews stopped rowing after a mile and three-quarters instead of completing...
...Howe addressed a meeting of Freshman coxswains yesterday evening in Smith Halls Common Room. To the 16 men who are coxing 1926 crews this fall he gave general instructions regarding the use of the rudder, landing, etiquette of the river and the coxing of a race...
...stand by the rudder that governs the bark...
...lack of physical equipment, should certainly function in a more organized manner. For instance, the business of the Elective Office should never have been so concentrated in one person, that when the person left this year, the office found itself well-nigh helpless,--a ship without a rudder. It is true that when errors occur involving an undergraduate's standing, the deans will always rectify them,--the deans are ever willing to hear all complaints but the fact that an error is always corrected does not justify it in the beginning...
...which has been held by R. Jenney '21 during the past two weeks, is now occupied by M. E. Olmsted '21, who was moved up from the same seat on the second crew. F. S. Williams '22, who was coxswain of last year's Freshman crew, now holds the rudder ropes of University A, while E. L. Peirson, Jr., '21 has charge of the second boat. S. Damon '21, who was rowing 7 on the second crew, has been moved to five in the same shell, and T. T. Pond '21 has his old position at 7, coming from number...