THAT all the four Class Crews begin their work in the Gymnasium so early in the year, is another proof - if proof were necessary - of the hold which the Class Races have taken on the College. Contrast this state of affairs with that which many of us, now undergraduates, can recall, and the marked advance in our general rowing will be easily appreciable. Four years ago, before the old club system had reached its end, the crews of the club-houses rowed at spasmodic intervals, bound together by no ties of class or association, but merely by the tie of locality. The oarsmanship displayed in the races was of the crudest form; and the contests failed to call out more than a feeble enthusiasm in the College at large. Now, at least four months before the date of the Class Races, we have four crews working daily for position in their respective boats, and each crew given an incentive to faithful training by the interest which the rest of its class takes in its success.