HARVARD'S CREW.
Something About the Men Selected by
Mr. Lehmann.
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Cambridge, Mass., June 5.—The Uni-
versity crew which will represent Har-
vard in the race with Cornell and Yale
June 25 has been finally selected by Mr.
Lehmann, and no further change in the
makeup or order will be made unless
the condition of the men requires it.
The crew is made up as follows: Stroke,
BE. A. Boardman; 7, D. M. Goodrich;
6, J. F. Perkins; 5, J. H. Perkins; 4,
A. A. Sprague; 8, E. N. Wrightington;
2, Cc. Thomson; bow, E. J. Marvin. Be-
sides these, four substitutes will be
taken to Poughkeepsie. The substitutes
were selected from the College crew,
and are S. Hollister, C. C. Bull, B. H.
Whitbeck and C. H. McDuffie.
The long season of training on the
Charles concluded on Tuesday, when
the University and Freshman crews
gave an exhibition row in the basin in
front of the Tniversity Boat House. A
large body of students had collected to
cheer the oarsmen and witness the
final practice. The form shown by the
crews won much commendation. The
water was somewhat rough, but the
men rowed well and without splash-
ing. The crews left the following after-
noon for Poughkeepsie and were en-
thusiastically cheered on their depart-
ure from Harvard Square. Mr. Leh-
mann accompanied the oarsmen. The
launch, John Harvard, and the shells -
were sent by rail.
During the season the candidates
have worked hard, and they will
begin the final weeks of prepara-
tion at Poughkeepsie with a good
preliminary training and. plenty of
endurance. The work of the crew
has not been hindered this Sprnig, as
for two years past, by the poor condi-
tion of the men. There has been no
sickness, and, with the exception of
the interval that J. H. Perkins was out
of the boat with: a strained muscle in
his side, there has been little need for
substitutes.
Since the shaking up of the crew the
middle of last month, there has been a
steady improvement in the pace of the
boat. The change in the stroke made
at that time was made with much hesi-
itation, but. the showing since has dem-
onstrated its advisability. J. F. Per-
kins, who had stroked the crew since
Coach Lehmann’s return from Eng-
land, pulled a long, steady oar, but
there was a lack of life and snap which
made the whole crew heavy and slow
in their movements. Boardman, the
new stroke, set the pace for his F'resh-
man crew. which won the class races
last year in record time. Last Fall he
stroked the ‘First Trinity’? boat in the
trial eights. During the early Spring
he rowed with the University, but upon
Lehmann’s return, being considered
light and lacking in endurance, he was
sent down to his class boat. It was
largely owing to the excellent stroke
he maintained in the class races this
Spring that the Sophomore crew won so
handily. His ability for two miles has
been repeatedly demonstrated. Whether
he can stand the strain and punish-
ment of a four-mile pull remains to be
proven. The stroke at present is fully
as long as before, and has the requi-
site vigor and lively cadence to keep
the crew up to their work.
Captain Goodrich sits at No. 7, and
his work throughout the season has had
Mr. Lehmann’s hearty approval. He
carries the stroke to the starboard side
of the boat with great precision, and
there is no variation in the time of the
starboard and port oars. He is a con-
scientious worker, and pulls a_ long
stroke of considerable power.
When J. F. Perkins dropped the
stroke oar, he took Thomson’s seat at
No. 6, the latter replacing Bull at No. 2.
Perkins is long limbed and_ rather
heavy, and the change to No. 6 has
distributed the weight in the boat to
better advantage. His reach and pow-
erful body swing are as effective as
in his former position, and Mr. WLeh-
mann regards him as one of the most
promising oarsmen he has ever had.
J. H. Perkins, the brother of J. i | ee
has had training in the University boat
before this year, and his return to his
place is a great relief to Mr. Lehmann,
as his place had been poorly filled by
Donald and Wrightington. He is the
heaviest, and, with the possible excep-
tion of Sprague, the strongest man in
the boat. He has had no trouble from
his strained side since his return, and
seems to be a fixture.
At No. 4 Sprague is another veteran,
having rowed at Poughkeepsie last
June. His style is not graceful, and he
is heavy with his har ds, but has made
steady improvement under Mr. Teh-
mann’s direction, and pulls the stroke
clear through, no matter how fast the
pac.e There is great power in his oar,
and his endurance seems unlimited.
TALE ALUMNI
Wrightington, of football fame, sits
at No. 8. He. was short for No. 6,
where he previously rowed, but fills
his present place very acceptably. He
has plenty of grit, and an effectual,
although by no means a finished oar.
Thomson, at No. 2, is an indefatigable
worker, and is doing much better now
than when he rowed in Perkins’ pres-
ent place at No. 6. He has an easy
style, and did well on his Freshman
crew last year.
The bow oar has been entrusted to
Marvin for the past four weeks. He
is light, but has had considerable row-
ing experience, having been on four-
oared crews at New York before enter-
ing college. His blade work is excel-
lent, and he is quick in his movements.
The crew as a whole is of average
weight, and all are six-footers except
Wrightington, Boardman and Thomson.
The watermanship is good, the oars.
going in and out of the water cleanly,
and the shell travels smoothly through
the water on an even keel. The eight
is not as powerful as some crews that
have previously represented Harvard,
but it knows more about rowing. Mr.
Lehmann believes in plenty of work,
and finds that athletes will stand more
in this climate than in England. The
crew has rowed on time frequently, and
has had daily races with the College |
crew.
The new Webb shell was used two
weeks ago, for the first time. It is stiff
and fairly light, and has given general
satisfaction. It will be used regularly
from now on, as the new Clasper shell
proved somewhat light.
The crew occupy their last year’s
quarters at Crum Elbow, three miles
above Poughkeepsie, on the west side
of the river. J. WESTON ALLEN.
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The Sheff. Senior Class Book.
The Ninety-seven Sheff. Class Book
appeared Wednesday and is as much
of a success as the innovation intro-
duced by the Committee in charge last
year. The Ninety-seven Committee is
E. A. Bredt, Chairman; A. F. Barnes,
C. M. Chester, and R. C. Lanphier. The
size, shape and general appearance of
this issue is very similar to that of
the Ninety-six book. It is dedicated to
Prof. A. Guyot Cameron. The frontis-
piece is a half-tone of the Class on
North Sheffield steps. After this the
usual list of class officers and individ-
ual histories with accompanying “Rait- ~~
tones follow. The histories of Fresh-
man, Junior and Senior years are writ-
ten by C. W. Beers, W. Scott Cameron,
and J. J. Miller respectively.
EDWARD CARTER PERKINS, ’98,
Captain Yale Track Team.
_ In the educational history, Andover
is credited with preparing twenty-two
men, the largest number from any one
school. The reasons for preferring a
Scientific course is almost invariably
“disinclination for Latin and’ Greek.’
Many preferred ‘Sheff.” as it fitted
them better for their intended profes-
Sion. Although cribbing was con-
demned, the honor system of exam-
iInations was not endorsed. Junior year
is considered the hardest, and Fresh-
man year both the easiest and most
disagreeable, Senior year is almost
unanimously voted the pleasantest.
Ten members of the class were on
University teams.
POLAT Y 5. “Social,” ‘‘Musical,’* “Re-
ligious,” ‘Financial’ and “Political”
Sketches fill the balance of the book
together with miscellaneous nicknames
and the Class census. In the latter
section John Walter Best, of Denver
Col., was elected the most popular,
most versatile, most likely to succeed,
and most to be admired; Edson Allen
Hoffman of Frankfort, Ky., the bright-
est; -Harold Willis Letton of Chicago,
Wen KLY
Iil., the best athlete, and George Lang-
ford of St. Paul, Minn., the “most
prominent.”’
Professor W. F. Brewer gets the vote
for being the broadest minded instruc-
tor. Professor Cameron is voted the
most polished, most popular, brightest,
neatest and pleasantest; Professor A.
S. Wheeler is called the best teacher,
most difficult to recite to, hardest to
bluff, most rattling, most eccentric and
grouchiest.
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FOR CHEERING REFORM.
A Seventy-Four Man Attacks Present
Customs Vigorously.
June 6, 1897.
To the Editor of the Yale Alumni
Weekly, Sir:—
As a Yale man and a keen lover of
fair sport, I wish to protest in the most
vigorous way against the custom of
organized cheering during the progress
of ball games, and to ask your aid in
giving a quietus to this most ungentle-
manly proceeding. During the last
week I have given myself the unusual
pleasure of seeing two fine ball games.
The Harvard-Princeton game was a
splendid battle of two expert pitchers,
while the game of yesterday, unequalled
and never to be forgotten contest, that
it was, with its heavy batting and dra-
matic finale, will always, I am sure,
live in the memory of the fortunate
spectators, as the greatest game they
ever saw or ever expect to see.
But on both occasions my enjoy-
ment and that of many others, was
greatly lessened by the blatant, deaf-
ening howls of the spectators to win
the victory by superior lung power
rather than by playing baseball. On
Tuesday I went out in an impartial
spirit, desiring to see the best nine
win, but I am free to say that the per-
sistent howling of the Princeton sup-
porters without discrimination and
without reference to good or bad plays,
alienated all sympathy for their side,
and I regretted their victory, although
I feel that they probably have the
strongest of the leading college nines.
That, in my opinion, was the reason
why in the last three innings the Yale:
crowd applauded to some degree the
Harvard nine.
Yesterday there was a repetition of
this same discreditable custom on both
sides. With nine Yale _ vociferators
leading their side, and three Princeton
men leading theirs, the public had to
endure a pandemonium of noise, so
that the average spectator who wished
to see good sport in peace must say in
disgust, “A plague on both your
houses.”’
No fair minded person can object to
genuine and spontaneous applause,
such as greeted the Princeton hard hit-
ter, whose two-bagger to right field
gave her the lead, or that whirlwind
of delight, when a stripline Freshman,
standing with but one strike between
him and defeat for the Blue, pounded
the ball to the boundary, and in very
truth wrested victory from the jaws
of the Tiger. This can be easily dis-
tinguished from the organized cheering,
that is deliberately manufactured dur-
ing the progress of an inning. Its ap-
parent purpose is to break up the other
side, as was loudly avowed yesterday
by a vociferator, when as he called for
a cheer, said, ‘‘Now, fellows, let’s win
the game right here.’’
The custom has become a scandal
and a disgrace to American amateur
sportsmanship. The English lead the
world in their fondness for outdoor
sport, but in the six great. cricket
games which I have seen at Lord’s in
London, spirited contests they were,
there was absolutely nothing of the
kind. In the name of gentlemanly
honor, let all college graduates and
undergraduates unite in putting an end
to this custom. There must be many
old fashioned people like myself, who
think that a ball game should be won
by the player and not by the specta-
tors. Public opinion can easily ac-
complish this reform if it so desires.
If crowds must show their loyalty by
organized shouting, then let it be done
while the players are changing their
positions. It should not be allowed
for a minute after the first ball is
pitched in each half inning. I should
like also to see the umpire authorized
to.delay the game for five minutes or
more, whenever there is any attempt
By organized cheering during the actual
play.
I think it quite likely that a Yale
crowd is as bad as or worse than other
college crowds in this respect, and I
hope to see the reform of this vicious
practice begin right here in New Ha-
ven and at once. As a loyal Yalensian,
I should be proud to be-able to say
that the reform which swept away this
practice began with Yale men.
GEORGE L. FOX.
Richard Roe’s Complaint.
(Waterbury American.)
A correspondent, who signs himself
‘Richard Roe,” a graduate of Columbia
college, raises a curious plaint about
the conditions of college life in that in-
stitution in the columns of the New
York “Evening Post.”’
Among his classmates, he says, there
was a certain “John Doe,” “to whom I
was then ‘Dick’ and he was ‘Jack.’”
Since graduating the two have seen lit-
tle of each other, but nothing has aris-
en to cause a coolness between them.
He thus continues:
“My old friend and classmate above
referred to, is at present acting, on be-
half of the alumni of the College—or
rather the University now—to solicit
and receive subscriptions to a certain
object which need not. be specified.
What I am driving at is this: He ad-
dresses me—not as “Dick,’’ as of old—
not even as “Roe,” but as “My dear
Mr. Roe!’’And the case is by no means
an exceptional one. It is a sample of
what is an altogether common experi-
ence. And I want to ask: How is it
possible for a Columbia alumnus to
feel toward his alma mater as_ the
alumni of Yale and Harvard, for in-
stance, feel toward theirs, respectively,
when he finds that, after graduating,
he is be-mistered by the old frineds of
his own class.” .
Correspondent Roe hopes that when
the dormitory system is carried out at
Columbia and other proposed changes
are made, there will be closer college
friendships among students than there
are to-day and also a greater affection
for their Alma Mater. He adds:
“Friendships formed in Harvard, Yale,
Princeton, and other colleges I could
name generally prove lasting; and
when Columbia’s system shall have be-
come more like theirs, the friendships
formed in her will be (what they gen-
erally are not now) lasting also; and
her alumni with means will feel dis-
posed to be much more liberal towards
her than, as a rule, thy have ever been
heretofore.”’
We do not believe, for our own part,
that the consummation so devoutly
wished by Richard Roe will be brought
about by a dormitory system or by
other minor changes. The fact that
Columbia students do not form as
close attachments as students at Har-
vard or Yale is due to conditions of
situation which no changes can alter.
It is natural enough for a New York
boy, who lives at home and merely at-
tends recitations at Columbia to feel
very differently toward that institu-
tion from the way in which a Harvard
or Yale man feels, to whom Cambridge
or New Haven are genuine homes
while in college. To live in New York
and to attend recitations at Columbia
is simply to continue the same system
which a New York boy follows when
he goes to school. There is none of
that breaking off of old ties and that
forming of new associations which
constitute so valuable a part, perhaps
the most valuable part, of college life
under ordinary conditions. New York
boys may. go out to Morningside
Heights, after the new Columbia col-
lege buildings are built and live in
dormitories there, but they will be so
close to their own homes, be so com-
pletely in touch with the social infiu-
ences of their own families, that this
will, after all, be merely playing at col-
lege life.
The same disadvantage of which
Richard Roe complains at Columbia
obtains at Harvard as compared with
Yale in a lesser degree. It is a well
known fact that the feeling of cama-
raderie is not half so strong at Har-
vard as at Yale. This is largely be-
cause Boston is so near Cambridge,
and Harvard students, naturally form
associations on the lines of their Bos-
ton status and not on the lines of stu-
dent life.
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Mr. Robert P. Wakeman, of South-
port, Ct., is compiling a History of the
Wakeman family, in England and _ in
this country. All descendants of the
family, either direct or collateral, are
reauested to communicate with him at
once in order that all missing lines
may be completed, thus insuring an
early publication of the book.
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In the College Pulpit.
The list of preachers in the College
Chapel for the remainder of the College
term is as follows:
June 18—Rev. George Alexander, D.
D.. New York. -
June 20—Rev. W. B. Wright, D. D., of
Buffalo.
June 27—Baccalaureate Sermon, by
President Dwight.
