On the 15th of March the 'varsity and the four class crews left the gymnasium for the river. The University crew began practice at first in the heavy barge, which has seen a great deal of service; but after about a week they changed it for Blaike's cedar shall. With the exception of two men the crew is precisely the same as that which represented Harvard at New London last year. The two places left by Penrose, '87, and Storrow are now filled by Remington, '87, and Butler, '88. The former stroked the '87 class boat last year, and the latter rowed number three in the freshman crew.

Capt. Mumford has coached the crew almost every day, with the exception of two or three times, when Mr. Storrow and Mr. Agassiz have been out. It has not yet been fully decided who shall row stroke. Colony, Mumford and Remington have stroked the crew during the past month, and it is probable that Remington will row there permanently.

At present the crew is rowing as follows:

Position. Name. Weight.

Stroke. Remington, 160

7. Keyes, 168

6. Brooks, 172

5. Burgess, 179

4. Colony, 161

3. Yocum, 182

2. Mumford, 154

1. Butler, 164

Coxswain. Browne, 100

The crew as a whole is doing fairly well for this time of the year. There are, however, a number of individual faults.

Stroke. Looks at his oar too much, which has a tendency to make him swing badly. Does not hold himself firmly enough at the finish and during the last part of the recover. On the whole he is doing very well, but should pay rather more attention to the coach.

7. Rather hard for 7 to swing well with stroke as his build is so different. Is apt to slump and row out at the finish.

6. Meets badly, and does not keep good time. Rows his oar out at the finish. Does not get his back and shoulders on well at the beginning of the stroke.

5. Very stiff in his movements, especially at the finish. Swings in towards his oar badly. Fails to cover his oar well at the beginning of the stroke and does not sit up to his work.

4. Has a tendency to row jerkily, and does not keep his oar well covered. Uses one leg more than the other. Rows gracefully and applies his strength more advantageously than any other man in the boat.

3. Slumps badly at both ends of the stroke. Although the heaviest man in the boat he fails to row a strong oar as he applies his strength very badly. Keeps his blade but half covered most of the time. Is slow on the recover, which puts out the rest of the men.

2. Breaks up the uniformity of the boat by raising his oar too high on the full reach, and then splashing it into the water. Does not swing over the keel and swings back too far. Does not finish neatly.

1. Feathers under water. Buries his oar too deeply at the middle of the stroke. Does not row well from his stretcher, which makes his oar wabble up and down throughout the entire stroke. Clips badly at beginning of stroke.

As a whole the crew should be careful about their swing; should row their oars well through at the finish, and sit up to it at the full reach.

During the spring vacation the crew have rowed twice a day, generally averaging between 10 and 15 miles.