Since the race, the prevailing sentiment among students seems to be that the senior crew acted wisely in adopting their new stroke. Before drawing any conclusions from the result of the race, it must be borne in mind that the university crew is not yet rowing with the uniformity it will probably attain in the next two months, and that the men are not in condition to do themselves justice in a short pull, as they are training for a four-mile race. Nevertheless, the senior crew did remarkably well. Their stroke is a very trying one, as it brings the muscles of the legs, back and arms into use at once. But for this very reason one would naturally suppose this stroke, providing it can be kept up, to be more effective than the regular "Harvard" stroke, in which the back and legs are used in succession, and but little work is done with the arms. The seniors deserve much credit for the readiness with which they acquired a new stroke and for the endurance they have shown. The races proves, to the discomfiture of many who prophesised complete failure for this experiment, that the seniors have made it a success.
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The Freshman Race with Columbia.
