New-York tribune., 1868-07-25

n,py,pD CREW IN IL MIN 7O1
Y,ou Our Special Coueponaeh- ,,errp Tulv "a, 1868.
.,otost between the selected crews VI
ino s VIo Colleges is an event 10 "liCn 'no
mar "i u ar' IN l,nni the friends OF Doth' anu pco
stnueh's' '"o - New-England. look forward WIN
pie gehei" since the first University race IN 10,
no' 94ost has steadily increased ana theSe anhu",
the ln'oios' ,,o ,ulscle are TO the cOllegans ana
dispiays u bat the annual fair of their Agricutu-
'n''r 70 the farmers of NewEngland. The
l - talked of from early in the Fan until IL oc'
- :, the July following. The men VINO arc u
1.o,t these old educational institutions once Sc
Ioced the greater part OF their spare time Iol eieV
n,ontls is spent in training vigorously for the
.,,nual bout People not versed in such matters can
80 Lnt a faint idea of the severe and thorough
.-.i,;og which these picked crews submit to for the
80 of renown. They are supported and urged and
I5 L,, their fellow students and numerous
S;o,.1s lint the task must at times be harder than
.ts,rs4lics As the time draws nigh for the con-
- t,e;r efforts are redOubled, and they are as
rood speeimeus of pluck and muscle when
tho, at last pronounoe themselves ready as can be
torrd anywhere This period is always welcomed
- a. tl.,,ts who can then throw aside their
Ii od commence their vacation with the regatta
,rol, NJ Worcester the close of which finds them on
bei av home exultant DER the victory or sorrowtul
,er fire defeat of their much-praised or badly abused
six Cnleglns may be divided into three classes; the
first is composed of the reserved and thoughtful who
doyotc tbeir whole time to study, and allow them
selves no physical training, whatever. Those VINO
arc interested in sports and pastimes and who train
their bodily as we'll as mental powers, form the Sc
cond And the third is made up of those who go to
college as they 90 everywhere else TO have good
time and who dabble in physical and mental exeT-
ciSes and indugences without caring whether they
learn or not-and to whom the incorigible dullards
are an appendix. The first are graduated
with crammed heads and tremendous chronological
BUMPS but have the weakest of all weak physical
organizations. The second class come out with
strong and healthy bodies and brains, and the third
class with fragments of all sorts of knowledge and
IN uncomfortable desire to see more of their fathers
money which seems to be the sum total of their am
bition The kind Of development which trai ming for
the races gives the rowing student may or may
not be Just what skilled Psychologists desire to see
and this a question which has long been discussed
but they certainly stand high in their classes, and
are graduated in thoroughly sound condition OF
mind and body The careful observer in Worcester,
to-day readily perceive the three classes o! ST u
dents aforementioned. They are all here. The
Freshmen were glad to throw aside the Greek and
Roman Antiquities. their French Elocution and
Ethics and come hither. The Sophs readily forgot
their Rhetoric Geometry History of Greece Botany,
Chemistry. and German. The Juniors rejoice at an
opportunity TO avoid Natural Philosophy and Latin
exercises and the Seniors just graduated feel dign
fed and pItronize the young Freshmen with suavity
which the latter may well initiate three four years
hence. Here, also, the law students, who have
been considering the various branches of common
law. equity. admiralty, commercial, International,
and constitutional law; or if commercially Inclined
the law Of agencies, partnerships Insurance. ship
ping &c in books whose covers according to
Charles Dickens, resemble underdOne piecrust, if
they resemble anything Even the divinity student,
whose mind is wrapped up in matters theological,
and who may perchance, like many another yOung
minister, budded OF budding, have in preparation
criticism on some one of the old theOogiaus lwhO
read the Bbe IN every known language in which 1t
was ever published and gave to the world III compact
shape the result of years of research and hard abOr
which is destined to draw forth applause from some
village church or lyceum, has temporarily stopped
the dreamy revcries wherein he exults in advance
over the enthusiasm which the boobies who are to
hear his essay will eagerly award him. is here,
though be seems downcast and melancholy, as if he
were encouraging something which ought not 10 be.
Buthc interested in the result, and remains seeking
the company of the scientific and medical sJuden IS
who are or should be more sedate than the high
spirited undergraduates The Faculty is well repre-
senol the Professors are hand and it IS that
the Professor Of Greek, who has always here and
everywhere been as reserved a hermit has for th
nonce broken his classic shell, and seems wholly en-
gagged discussing the respective merits Of the crews.
Every gentleman seems 10 have had one Of those
invitations which read: Your company wi tn ladies
is respectfully solicited" as each is accompanied by
an almost unlimited number of ladies'. The atten-
ton of All i directed TO the baseball match this
forenoon and while we leave gay thrOng on A gri-
cultural Park let us see what the men VINO are 500 n
to be the center of attraction upon the lake. have
been doing during the past few months, just how
they have attained the necessary physical develop
ment and skill in rowing, and how they compare as
regards weight size, style Of rowing, DC
TIE HARVARD SIX.
The SIX idols of the Harvard students are G.. w.
Holdrege bow. of the class Of G9; w. w. Richards
mo. 81, OF the class Of %; j. W. McBurney NO. A.
Of the class OF %; w. H. Simmons (NO. -, of the
class of co. X. {. Watson No o. of the class of 90
and A. p. LOring lstrOkei, of the class of 49,
George Ward HOldrege of Irvington, n Y. who il
will be seen, IS bow oarsman, weighed lG6 pounds
last WINTER without an overcOat, and the training has
reduced nm to $50 pOunds-bls weight to-day not
stripped. His hight is feet 81 inches his upper
arm measures Ia inches and his chest infated) 404
inches. lie has TOWed in five races He is a model
OF tawny tOuQhness, and regards perfection of
form, # not Of rowing too, he has seldom been
passed at Harvard. Three years ago he was called
Little iloldrege = but il would be difficult to find
anything Insignificant about him now, and he will
never merit that appellatiOn again. He is a
capital illustration of what perseverance, under
oineuites oiit in physical way Will accom-
plsh. His shape is superb no part Of bis
Dody IS over developed, muscle small from disuse
but all harmonious and graceful. He has a striking
figure and his face particularly would attract atten
non anywhere. among persons OF good Judgment, as
that OF peculiarly sound, healthy, well-balanced
man. Concerning his capacity as steersman, no
better evidence Of his efficiency is required than the
aNy far