Columbia Crews.

The Columbia freshmen have decided to accept the challenge of the Harvard freshmen in preference to that from Yale, since it has seemed advisable to row but one race. The men, sixteen in number, have been training hard in Wood's gymnasium since January 1. Last Monday, for the first time, they took the water, under the direction of their temporary coach, C. K. Beekman, '89. Little attention is given at present to speed, and the men are busy learning how to handle the oars and practising the body swing, There are two provisional crews now rowing, one composed of candidates from the School of Arts, the other from the School of Mines. The chief difficulty at first was in dipping the oars at the right angle. The regular crew will probably not be chosen until after the inter-class races, May 12, and the Harlem regatta, May 30, though a provisional crew will be chosen for these events. There are two candidates for the position of coxswain, both from the School of Arts.

The remaining class crews are all in training for the inter-class races to take place May 12. They would have been on the water considerably before this, had not the boat-house been moved to the Mott Haven side, and swung around in the placing. Eighty-eight's crew is less settled that of any of the other classes, no positions having as yet been assigned. The men training are: G. F. Warren, Jr.; H. Parsons, captain; T. S. Perkins; E. P. Callender; F. E. Hopke; J. B. Taylor; A. D. Dodsworth; H. N. Tiemann; F. P. Smith; G. S. Percival. The '89 men and their positions are: J. F. Jopling, bow; W. Friedmann, 2; E. H. Wedekind, 3; C. Piez, 4, captain; R. T. Wainwright, 5; F. E. Denton, 6; C. K. Beckman, 7; H. C. Pelton, stroke; A. J. Provost, coxswain. The following men compose the '90 crew: T. P. Fay, bow; M. T. Bogert, 3, captain; J. M. Hewlett, 4; T. McIlvaine, 5; W. I. A. Brauns, 6; S. R. Bradley, Jr., 7; R. Meikleham, stroke; E. L. Dufourcq. There are five men in training for number 2. As has been said above, the freshmen will probably enter a provisional crew in this race.