CREWS IN LONG PADDLES TO PERFECT EVEN FINISH

Harvard Crew Headquarters, Red Top, Conn., June 8--With a heavy fog hanging low over the Thames, and intermittent rain throughout the morning, the Harvard crew squad embarked shortly before noon for the opening row of its second week of practice here at Red Top.

After a day's cruise yesterday on the "Corsair", where they were the guests of J. P. Morgan '89, the Crimson oarsmen seemed ready for a week of really hard rowing, since the coming nine days are all that intervene before the inter-collegiate classic regatta at New London a week from next Friday. With the possibility of a time-trial tomorrow if the weather holds good, Whiteside sent his men to the boats this morning as soon as examinations were over.

Before the noon meal, which was postponed on account of the late start, the four Harvard crews, University, Jayvee, Freshman, and Combination, rowed downstream to the submarine base at a high paddle, and on the return trip their-is a branch.

During the coming year the newly-elected officers plan to bring to Cambridge prominent mechanical engineers, in order that the undergraduates may have an opportunity to hear from present-day leaders in this field of endeavor. Field trips will also be arranged for the club members. Membership in the club is open to anyone in the University, and in addition to the lecture and field trips, respective strokes set the beat up to a low 36 as the shells neared the boat-house. Both Haines and Whiteside apparently consider that the time for individual coaching was over, for the emphasis during this preliminary workout was on the finish as a whole, a point wherein Harvard crews have showed weakness in the past.

In the afternoon, during the early part of which the weather had somewhat moderated to leave water conditions favorable for a long row, the four eights proceeded down the river to the railroad bridge at New London, a distance of eight miles, each crew taking the distance in two stretches at a high paddle. Coached by Haines, the Freshman and Combination boats returned to the boathouse in a single heat, again accelerating the rhythm as they neared headquarters. Whiteside's two crews stopped at the four-mile start on the way back, and the remaining distance was covered with the Jayvee boat pacing the University in a brief sprint.

That John Watts '28, veteran Harvard stroke, would again set the rhythm for a Harvard eight was learned last night when plans for a naval contest between Eli and Crimson alumni oarsmen wore disclosed in their primitive state.

The encounter, which has long been contemplated by the graduate bodies of the two universities, will take place on the Thames River at New London. It is what is referred to in rowing quarters as a "gentleman's race", and is confined to the half-mile distance.

Watts, who paced the last Harvard crew to lead Yale at the finish of the four-milo distance, in 1927, will again oppose Tappan, Yale stroke in 1928 and 1930, in each of which years he led his eight to victory over the Crimson. The Harvard boating is as follows: Stroke, Watts; 7, Oliver Amos '27; 6, F. A. Clark '29; 5, W. T. Emmet '29; 4, James Lawrence '29; 3, L. W. Dickey '30; 2, Kenneth Walker '27; Bow, Frederie Winthrop, Jr. '28