The class crews have had about five weeks of steady work on the river with the exception of a few days, when the water was too rough, and also two or three days which were taken off during the spring recess. The change form the barge to the shell has put the crews back considerably as regards time and form; '94 and '97 especially showing the change. The general averages of the crews show '94 to be the heaviest, '95 the lightest, while '96 and '97 are about equal in weight.

The senior crew has been rowing in the shell for about a week, and though there is a good deal of splashing and the boat is very unsteady, the men are rapidly getting into good form under the coaching of E. C. Storrow '89. Of last year's crew, only three are in the boat, so the seniors have, practically, a new crew.

The men rowed in the following order yesterday: Stroke, Hoag, 160; 7, Atwood, 176; 6, Wilson, 181; 5, Saltonstall (capt.), 200; 4, Williams, 170; 3, Beals, 172; 2, Smith, 158; bow, Carter, 160. Average weight, 172. Sub., Weed, 167, Cox., Cobb.

The junior crew was the second crew on the river, and the first to take to the shell, and is rowing in very good form. Cameron, who has been with the 'varsity, and Potter, who has been ill, are both with the crew.

The order now prevailing is: Stroke, Peabody, 165; 7, Cameron, 158; 6, Potter, 179; 5, Poole, 150; 4, Richardson, 168; 3, Briggs (capt.), 152; 2, Lambert, 147; bow, MacGuffey, 154. Average weight, 160. Subs., Goodwin, 175; Capen, 153.

The sophomore crew has, probably, the best form of any crew on the river, but there seems to be a fatal lack of speed. There are four men of last year's freshman crew in the boat; the rest have never rowed before.

The make-up is: Stroke, C. Brewer, 154; 7, Forbes (capt.), 155; 6, Shepard, 173; 5, Stevenson, 184; 4, A. Brewer, 161; 3, Derby, 167; 2, Lewis, 169; bow, Fairchild, 150. Average weight, 164. Subs., Howland, 153; Kales, 149. Cox., P. Day.

The freshman crew went out in a shell Monday for the first time, and are showing all the faults usual to a green crew getting accustomed to an unsteady boat. The crew is badly crippled by the sickness of Sprague, and the absence of Houghton, who has left college on account of his father's illness.

There has been some doubt expressed as to whether the freshmen will enter the one mile race next Tuesday. If they are able to keep the shell on its keel by that time, they will surely be sent in.

The crew is being coached by Newell '94 and Bond '94, and is rowing in the following order: Stroke, Irving, 158; 7, Hollister, 170; 6, Sprague (capt.), 165; 5, Duffield, 168; 4, Sleeper, 165; 3, Phelps, 170; 2, Cornwall, 155; bow, Kernan, 160. Average weight, 164. Sub., Lee, 151. Cox., G. B. Orton.