Freshman Crew.

It is no means an unpleasant thing to watch our freshmen at their work rowing. They began the year with a large number of candidates, a very large portion of whom had absolutely no chance of becoming members of their crew as finally made up. Zeal was not lacking; it was simply physical inability that would not permit them to row on a crew that represents our freshmen. After much sifting sixteen men remain. They are not large men, but they are the kind that would or at least ought to make a good 'varsity crew if they were considerably larger. They are a wirey set of little fellows that are full of interest in the work and are determined to win if possible. It surely seems possible. Now, much can be done by the class to help their crew along to victory. Indeed, without this support it will be impossible for the crew to go to New London. The manager reports that the subscriptions are small and few. There seems to be no possible reason why this should be so because the men are doing well and are under good care and teaching. Every man in the class ought to do what he can to keep his class united and strong in this respect. They should remember that they have only two chances more to be represented as a class in intercollegiate contests - this is in the boat race and the base ball games this spring.

The first crew is rowing three-quarters of an hour daily in the tank. They have not begun to slide yet. They have any number of individual faults, but they are rowing together better and improving slowly in nearly every respect. They are hurrying the part of the stroke that they ought to keep slow, and keeping slow the parts that they ought to make fast. The body swing is too fast in parts and they are pulling their arms in too hard. They are very slow in getting their hands away and a little too easy on the stroke.

The crew on the weights are rowing fairly well, but can not get any man into the first crew yet. Some of these men are strong and thus have an advantage but not enough to make up for the better rowing of the smaller men in the first crew. It will not be long before there will be four or six more men dropped - when the crew goes to the river. Below is the order of the men as they row:

No. 1. No. 1.

Davis, Stroke. Lambert.

Purdon, 7 Kaven.

Cook, 6 Goodwin.

Stackpole, 5 Eddy.

Whittren, 4 Richardson.

Briggs, 3 Murchie.

Capen, 2 Potter.

Cameron, 1 Ninde.