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...three upper-class crews are working very earnestly. These men, with one or two exceptions, have rowed before, and they are doing unusually good work for so early in the season. They are getting together quicker than is usually the case, and they, together with the freshmen, will make a very pretty race in about four weeks. The seniors, who are rather conservative in their style as compared with the other crews, are rowing strong and pretty well together. The juniors are a little rough, but are rowing confidently and well. The sophomores are rowing the smoothest...
Picking out a freshman crew is a different sort of thing from that of an upper-class crew. The men are so often undeveloped, and entirely new to this kind of thing that, without knowing their strength and endurance, it is hard to tell what to do with them. Then, too, besides being ignorant of the physical capabilities of the men, the captain and coach are, as a rule, unacquainted with their dispositions and tendencies-qualities which are as essential to a good oar as are the physical ones. On the whole the best thing a new man can show...
...freshman's first morning at prayers. The freshmen are assigned seats in the body of the chapel, under the back gallery; the seniors sit in front of them, and the sophomores and juniors on either side. Sometimes a freshman is sent up front by some fun-loving upper-class man, but he is soon ejected. It is an old custom at Yale for the seniors to rise in their seats and salute the president as he passes down the aisle, at the close of chapel; but the freshmen are expected to leave the chapel at the close of the last...
Doubtless most of the offenders are freshmen and "know no better." We hope these words may serve to show them the selfishness of their conduct, But if any of them are upper-class men, we must bear with them as best we may, they are lost beyond hope...
...Harvard in the game with the strongest of the school elevens. The freshmen have labored under some disadvantages this year that former teams have not had to contend against. The want of a university eleven to practice against, and from which to get points, has been strongly felt. The upper-class elevens have done their best to remedy this difficulty; but as they are themselves trying candidates for different positions, there is necessarily much loose play. While this could not have been helped there are other matters wherein eighty-nine has not done all that might be expected...