NOT TO OPEN NEWELL BOATHOUSE

Rowing practice until the mild weather of spring will be carried on at the Locker Building instead of at the Newell Boathouse, as announced early in December. Scarcity of coal has largely actuated the rowing authorities in their decision not to reopen Newell Boat-house until spring. It was felt that the practice did not justify the burning of a half-ton of fuel daily.

Indoor practice under the instruction of Coach Haines, however, is not to be discarded for the winter as arrangements have been made to remove the rowing machines from Newell to the Locker Building. Although the tank will not be in use, there will be adequate accommodation for all candidates who report for voluntary practice until the end of the mid-year examination period. Coach Haines will spend a certain number of hours each day instructing the men in the theory of crew work.

The calibre of the informal University crew to be formed in the spring cannot as yet be determined. Three of the leading oarsmen of the fall season, P. M. Cabot '18, D. B. Hull '19 and C. Mellen, Jr., '20, have left College for the officers' training Camp at Yaphank, and several of the other men are members of the Naval Reserve.