The Harvard Club of Boston will be the scene next Wednesday evening of a farewell dinner to Coach William Haines, who on January 1 is to sever his connection with the Crimson crew staff on which he has served for the past eight years. The dinner is being given by last spring's 150-pound crews, who were directly under his charge during the 1923 season.

Coach Haines leaves to assume complete control of crew work at M. I. T., starting the first of the year. He will have under him in this capacity F. S. Dellenbaugh Jr., head coach last year, and A. M. Stevens '08 coach of the Tech Freshman squad.

Haines' Leaving Long Expected

At the outset of the Stevens regime this fall, Coach Haines was engaged by the H. A. A. for half a year, and his leaving the Harvard staff has been only a question of time. The present engagement comes as the result of negotiations with Dr. Rowe, of the Tech Athletic Association, the contract covering the entire 1924 rowing season. Coaches E. J. Brown '96 and H. H. Haines, connected respectively with the Crimson class and Freshman crews, will retain their positions.

Coach Haines has been intimately connected with Harvard rowing from 1916, when his crew decisively defeated Yale and set a record for the Thames river course of 20 minutes 2 seconds. Since that year, Haines coached eights have scored two victories over the Blue, in 1918 and 1920, losing in 1919 and 1921. Under Dr. Howe in 1922 and in the Muller regime last year, Coach Haines has served as an assistant, with special charge over the 150-pound crews.