1909 Rowing During Past Week

The Freshman rowing squad, consisting of about 60 men, has continued to hold daily practice on the machines this week. Since Wednesday every man has been given an opportunity to show his ability on the tank, under the supervision of Coach Wray. As only eight men at a time can row on the tank, the rest of the squad has practiced on the machines under the direction of the two other coaches, Rice and Stevenson. The three squads are now more or less graded, but are still divided in general into preparatory school oarsmen, dormitory crews, and men without experience. Although the inexperienced men have improved considerably, those who took part in the dormitory races still show the effects of longer practice and greater experience, and put a good swing and hard drive into the stroke.

Practice on the tank and machines will be held every afternoon until Wednesday, when it will be discontinued until after the mid-year examination period. No cut will be made until that time.