It has excited but little comment in the college, and has been, perhaps, not noticed at all, that the plans for the proposed new bridge to connect Cambridge with Boston were at first such as to threaten seriously our most important athletic interest-boating. According to the drawings and specifications as they stood at first, the distance between the stringers of the bridge and the surface of the river at high water, would have been insufficient to afford head-room to a crew passing underneath. Luckily for our crews this fact was noticed by the presidents of the Union and Crescent boat clubs, and also by a Boston alderman of aquatic propensities. The latter gentleman was impressed with the conviction that the Fourth of July regatta was more importance than any mere bridge, and, backed by the two presidents above mentioned, he succeeded in securing such a modification of the plans as rendered the bridge passable by crews at all stages of the tide. By this change, the bridge, instead of becoming a disturbing element to our rowing men, will be a great source of convenience to those lovers of the sport who do not indulge in an active participation in it, since it will afford a vantagepoint from which to watch the practice of the crews on the basin beyond.