The varsity crew sets a Crimson precedent this spring when for the first time in its history it races the University of Wisconsin at Madison. This is the fourth time in modern Harvard rowing history that the crew has trekked west for a race.

The Badgers form the mid-west last rowed on the Charles in 1941, but this is the first time they will compete with the Crimson on home ground.

As the fifth race in the varsity schedule, the western excursion comes as part of an informal agreement between Wisconsin and seven other casters colleges. This agreement, set up in 1946, provides that one Atlantic coast crew will annually row in Wisconsin waters. M.I.T. west last spring. Harvard goes this spring as the last of the seven.

Stimulus to Wisconsin

Caught between races in the East and West, the Cheese State eight rarely competes on its own waters. The 1946 pact was arranged as a stimulus to keep Wisconsin oarsmen coming East and still race at least once at home.

The early June meeting between Harvard and Wisconsin climaxes a grand Crimson tour of the east coast. With the exception of the opening race against M.I.T. and Boston University on May 2, the varsity has no home races this spring's

Despite some bungling of last spring's Eastern Sprints, the E.A.R.C. Committee has decided to hold the meet in Washington for the second time, on the theory that a second trial will iron out earlier sore spots. The race is scheduled for May 29. Both the Adams Cup and Compton Cup races will be away.