This afternoon at 2.45 Mr. Lehmann will reach Harvard square, and he will later go down to the river for his first work in preparing a crew for the race next spring. Mr. Lehmann's arrival then means much to the University. It means that last year's tremendous increase of interest in rowing will not be permitted to die down under the discouragement of defeat. It means further that there will be no sweeping change of system as in the past-that on the contrary the principles which served as a pattern for rowing instruction last year will be strictly adhered to this year, and if there be any change whatever, it will be in the line of the slow growth and development of that system. There are no more rowing revolutions in sight at any rate.

But Mr. Lehmann's arrival today has another more personal significance. It means that in him the University has a staunch personal friend, who is ready to give it the most practical sort of assistance day in and day out with the tenacity of purpose which fights for ultimate success and the patience which can endure to wait for it. Today, therefore, furnishes an excellent opportunity to express some hearty, outspoken appreciation. For this purpose it is proposed to give Mr. Lehmann an emphatic welcome in the square. The time is 2.45; the place is the corner of Holyoke street. Let everybody be on hand.