New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-01-22
THE COLLEGE REGATTA.
SARATOGA CHOSEN AS THE PLACE FOR THE
NEXT CONTEST

II" delegation at all from Brown. Members from 10 COZ
eges wero present at the opening exescses and tho
number was Increased to IL by the admission OF Prince
ton and Wesleyan. Two students represented each col
lege. making "a in all The reporters Of the press who
are extremely numerous and in cases class mates
| OF the crew members and many Of them themselves
members OF the association. many more in mum
bcr while the Trinity boys from this city and the visitors
| from other colleges who are In town bring up the
| attendance to over 100 aud I'LL the spacious
| plrior at the Allyn House u oyern0Wlns'
1t has been hoped by college and others interested
in rowing that the proceedings OF this meeting would
give renewed pledge that the students capa'
ble OF properly managing this business OF regatta
| which they have taken upon their hands. 1t must
therefore, be disappointment TO many to know that
| this meeting is itself u violation OF the ordinary laws
which all dcliberatve societies find 1t necessary ~
observe. The Association exists solely by Of u
constitution, which "A contract, by which tho makers,
students of the respective colleges. have bound tbrhi-
selves each other and to succeeding college genera
lions. Article VII. Of this constitution ordains that
there shall annual injecting Of the Association held
the first Wednesday in April, at such place Us The
Association may decide upon ut It's annual nee.ng Oh
the year Immediately preceding Al this mCoting. the
tine place and style Of the next annual regatta shall
DO decided and set Of rules and regulations adopted
which shall be strictly observed at the said regatta
Convention here the 2lst OF January which has mover
been appointed by previous meeting whatsoever 10
not easily reconciied with this constitution and ndi-
Gates an Inconsistency purpose which argues thai thc
results its deliberations will lie about unsatisac-
| tory as those OF last year.
At the commencement NJ The meeting to-day. after
Capt Cook Yale had taken his seat President and
called the meeting order and the Secretary had read
the minutes Mr. Dana of Harvard quietly SAID no sup
! posed It WAS an "annual" meeting. Members moved
uueasly in their chairs and said thcy supposed 1t
was and broke their laws without oven the FOR
malty of vote. Business was then taken up On the
| vote adEt Princeton Amherst Indicated policy vi
exclusion further developed later ~ opposing her ad
mission on ground that there too many colleges
| in the Association already Amherst showed. however,
that she had special feeling against Princeton by ii
| nally voting aye the question OF adhission Inc
| Princeton BOYS making great Efforts III Doating'
having q navy Of haa-iOLen boats. whie an energetic
club is now projecting and collecting money for s4OO
| boat house.
| Princeton hal hardly been admitted hon John A.
| Aiken OF Dartmouth presented d resolution that the
name of the Assoc alton changed to the Rowing Asso
| citation OF New England College,. aud that a speciai
section he added the constitution TO read: " Ana
Columbia. Cornell ana Princeton shall bo regarded ~
members Of tbs Associ9ton." Dartmouth and Amherst
were strongly favor OF tis and Harvard advocated
| it rather lukewarnly Mr.. Dana was afraid no. only
| that too many boats would come IN and crowd the
course annually, hut that Western colleges coming III
would take tie balance Of power III the Association
esiward II Chicago should come IN he SAID M olo
did this she would want tnt race luFtufr
West and II California by and by she will say
you can't to u.s. can ut least meet rs
half way and pail the Mississippi We must event
ualy draw line Of admission. and IL - well to consider
horos yhy whether this not good point 20 draw II at
Mr. Clack of Cornell opposed The motion, and the cap
tam OF Williams, Mr. Gunster. thought THAI he vas
sure there would yet he 80 colleges in single regatta,
he would -t GI-appr0ye the resolution. He wanted u
see this great national affair. lie believed we lad ID
this country fnciitic, FOR regatta Of 80 boats and
would like such one. Mr.. Dana calculated that
IL would require, with the requisite interval' half
mile to accommodate boats. ana how would be TO
take time Of half mile Of boats 10 second g. they
crossed the .nc The idoa OF Mr. GuBster - mlgn3-
Ger one why not bring IN Mexico and C"ba As wei
as the whole Of this country He thought u would he
! we'll 10 draw tho line proposed. He was Informed
that there "a colleges in hew-EnGand o. Ia" size
| requisite Join this Association.
| The motion finally lost by heavy vote, ind the
much nooted point letting in members pf the prolc'
siona schools then came up IT was left, alter u,lAS up
cons dcrshe time in substantially tbc Old 5hapecieD-
tine students beng admitted 10 University crew. wiIe
students Of law medicine and theology ruled out
john GunstoI VI Williams chen adv Ocaled tho carrying
of coxswaino a means Of cssenng tie oppoftnnitie,
for foung aud of enabling larger humber Of boats to
compete on The space Of wafer The present
system Of the bow looking over his shoulder Tor us
course and directing his boat by running to tho
ruddcr from ler moved BY hs feet, OF course tends
| %
divide his attention bctwcen hi' and hiS tlos Nj
Gunstcr believes that in OF time eoIswIGs Will
be adopted though he is not prepared 10 sly how soon
The afternoon occupied Dy the discussion Of tho
grand question: Where shall she next regatta be held!
Here again Amherst and Dartmouth stood shoulder to
shoulder and Harvard was rather disposed to 20 with
them bnt determined fun discussion All objected
10 sprin gied rather asonaby a. appears max
ing the deficiencies the responsible for tie
satisfactory result of years struggle. The Saratoga
Rowing Association have made extraordinary oXertiOnS
To obtain regatta 70. their sniicent Lake and
body seems doubt that il is tho best possible
which can be obtained. A committee. consisting OF
John T.. Conkiing. President Of the Saratoga
Rowing Association, L. II. Kramer, tbor sur
veyor, and James Brady. Commodore, were hero
In person to urge the adoption % their
locality. Previous 10 the meeting they sent olaD
crate circular college setting forth not less than
IS separate reasons why the regatta should be hold
there. THESE have been published N TgB TRBUsE.l
Mr.. Conkng was admitted to the door with a fine map
OF the lake at Saratoga, which brought by him
show the characteristics of the He then pro
ceeded speech profusely dccked with plumes from
the American eagle and garnised by quotations from
the Bible 20 urge the unspeaEabe advantage. which
would accrue 30 The Association from coming 20 Sara
tOga.
II there i. anything clear and manly in its whole at
mosphere and surroundings, 1t is the New England col
lege and II there anything opposite thereto it Is the
atmosphere OF Saratoga The repusi0n between
two elements hostile strong. One described
Saratoga as having an efinyum which would de6e the
whole proceeding The general immortality was one ar
p,ment against Saratoga, but the main bugbcar wac
Iohn Morrssey. The ears OF that politician would have
tpaed if he could have heard tho way IN which he was
pokon Of The Hartford Couran OF this morning struck
the key note when II said;
If IN. decide Saratoga they simply hire
Themselves the boarding house epers Of that
a .ie snow 70 swell the profits of season. They will
the i'm inf