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Principal Disputants.- Affirmative: L. T. Hildreth '96 and W. H. Sheldon Gr. Negative: M. L. Stern and F. Hendrick...
Cornell's new shell, which was ordered of P. 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...
...college in a race. The other class crews are receiving able coaching and have been since they were first called out, while little attention has been paid to the freshmen since they went on the river. To be sure the 'varsity coxswain has several times coached from the stern of the boat, but this sort of instruction for an untrained crew is not very effective. A coxswain cannot see the faults of the men in the bow without upsetting the trim of the boat. The only men he can criticise to advantage are stroke and seven. He can tell perhaps...
Captain Bullard and Mr. Mumford spent most of yesterday afternoon in measuring the distance spaced by the stern four. When this work was done, the men rowed in the following order: Stroke, Goodrich; 7, Hollister, Jennings; 6, Sprague; 5, Perkins, Bullard; 4, Ames, Hollister; 3 Moulton, Perkins; 2, Stillman; bow, Hayes, Moulton...
...Harvard Union last night elected the following men to membership: D. Fales, Jr., '97, S. B. Fay '96, W. Howe '96, R. E. Olds '97, A. M. Sayre '97, M. L. Stern, L. S. These men were included in the list of ten speakers who were recommended at the last competitive debate...