No one knows whether other Ivy League schools can make Harvard's rowing experiments work as well for them this season as they have for the Crimson in the past. So the 1966 outcome remains an open question.

But varsity coach Harry Parker is opening his season today against a squad he knows will be tough - Brown. Rutgers will also be competing in today's Stein Cup race at Providence.

Brown did comparatively well in the Eastern Sprints last May, and a month later led the Intercollegiate Rowing Association championship race for the first two miles before bowing to Navy. Six lettermen from that varsity shell have returned this year.

Last year's third-boat stroke, junior Clint Allen, will pace Harvard's varsity. Rowing behind Allen will be seniors Brain Clemow at seven and captain Jim Tew in the bow; junior Jaques Fiechter at three; and sophomores Andy Larkin at six, Curt Canning at five, Eric Sigward at four, and Ian Gardiner at two. Sophomore Paul Hoffman is coxing.

Senior Roger Howe will stroke the junior varsity again this spring, and Kinnaird Howland will cox.

Last year's freshman stroke, Paul Noskow, will lead the third boat over their mile-and-a-quarter race, with sophomore Dick Grossman coxing.

"Happy With Progress"

Freshman heavyweight coach Ted Washburn is "happy with the progress" his first boat has made in their workouts so far this spring. Two freshman boats are racing today. The first is stroked by Bob Goldkamp, and the second by Gordie Cutler.

The light weight crews are here on the Charles today for a race against M.I.T. and Dartmouth, and the Crimson should have a fairly easy time of it. Races start at 1:45 p.m.