The warm, almost sultry weather of the last few days again arouses thoughts about the lack of general interest in rowing. There are now in the boat-house a fair number of pair-oared working boats, which are not used from one season to another. Although the Charles is not the most pleasing of waters on which a young man may exercise his muscle with the oars, yet the river is not so bad after all, and surely there ought to be awakened among our undergraduates a greater desire for universal excellence in boating. There are a few private shells at the boathouse which their owners use semi occasionally, but as for other students they are but very rarely seen on the river. Why would not scratch races, open only to those who have never rowed on the 'varsity or class crews, obviate the difficulty?
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The Serenade to the Princeton Nine.
