ON THE WATER.

THE WEATHER FAIR, AND THE OUT-LOOK EXCELLENT.

A crowd of underclassmen stood on the pier of the boat house yesterday to see their favorites go on the water for the first time this year.

The freshmen were the first to appear, carrying the varsity barge down to the water with great pride and care. They started off, stroke and seven taking up the stroke, and going up the river around the point under Capt. Mumford's directions. They were gone about a half hour when they came back, all rowing together. They rowed in fair form for a freshman crew, especially stroke, two and bow. As soon as '89 was through, the 'varsity climbed into their barge and disappeared up the river, rowing easily and slowly till out of sight. In about ten minutes '86 appeared, and crawled down the river in a lame and disjointed way, with Capt. Harris in coxswain's seat. '88 followed '86 and the self-possession of her representatives as they seated themselves in their handsome barge elicited much admiration; still more when they disappeared up the river with a long swinging stroke, - in a perfect time and unison as if they had been on the water for weeks. The juniors were the last to have the float, following '86 down the river at a fair pace.

There were but few amusing incidents during the afternoon. The freshmen failed to do their part toward entertaining the crowd on the pier, - that is their crew did, - but the usual number of excited freshmen went rambling through the boat house, asking the difference between a shell and a barge, or a sliding-seat and a stretcher; and one verdant youth created much merriment by remarking that "our crew isn't rowing badly at all," and then pointing to '86 making their way slowly down the river.

The 'varsity and '88 were the only ones to use sliding seats; but several men who took advantage of the spare time before 4 o'clock to go out in pair-oars, used them.

Should the present propitious weather continue, the class races will be unusually interesting, as the crews will have had a fortnight's more practice than last year.

The crews rowed as follows: 'varsity, stroke, Colony; 7, Mumford; 6, Alexander; 5, Burgess; 4, Yocum; 3, Keyes; 2, Remington; Bow, Butler; coxswain, Browne. '86, stroke, Codman; 7, Bradford; 6, Guild; 5, Roberts; 4, Fessenden; 3, Brown; 2, Richards; bow, Burnett; coxswain, Harris. '87, stroke, Fiske; 7, Endicott; 6, Coolidge; 5, Herron; 4, Ayer; 3, Blake; 2, Bartol; bow, Fletcher; coxswain, Morse. '88, stroke, Porter; 7, Bradlee; 6, Adams; 5, Churchill; 4, Wood; 3, Purdon; 2, Thomas; bow, Hale; coxswain, Mitchelf. '89, stroke, Storrow; 7, Dustan; 6, Burr; 5, Davis; 4, Schroll; 3, Hight; 2, Perkins; bow, Goodwin; coxswain, G. S. Mumford, '87.