The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-05-23
Trinity College and Her Work to
Clutch the Coveted Prize.
THIS YEARS UNIVERSITY CREW.
How They Look and Speculations
Regarding Their Worth.

on the 26th OF May Of that year. he met in council
delegates from Harvard, Brown and Yale, with the
view OF establishing an intercollegiate regatta.
eat which all the college clubs should be partici-
pants, In imitation OF the annual meetings OF the
English University eights" This was the nrst i'm
portant step that Trinity ever took towards en-
couraging boating interests In her midst, and, un-
fortunately, 1t was the last of any moment for
some time airerward. It was no doubt the iuten-
ton OF Trinity TO compete with her sister seats OF
learning in the proposed regatta OF that year-set
down for July o. at Sprngheld-and the crew had
been In training, but the melancholy accident
which pefen Yale at the tune caused the dis
bandment OF Trinity's crew as thoroughly
as buried all chances OF the event
taking place. II Will be remembered
by many college oarsmen that SIX days before the
time appointed for the race-on Saturday night,
July II, 1s5s-whlle the Yale boat was INDUCING In
practice pun on the Connecticut al Springfield, .
collision with another craft overturned t. and the
stroke oarsman. Geo. E. Durham, OF the class Of
200, was drowned. This broke up the contest and
the crews OF Yale and Harvard-those Of Trinity
and brown not having arrved-separated without
making arrangements for future regattas
On the 2stn OF February OF the following year
delegate from Trinity attended meeting OF college
representative held at Providence. where 1t was
mutually agreed that regatta should take place
st7 at the time was enthusiastic in the ANTICIPATED
reunion. her aquatic ardor was soon dampened, and
Nnen the time came around she was not repre-
,nyed at rhe lake. II is not easy to give satisfactory
reasons for the ''nunking" OF the college on this
lseason; but it is best explained, perhaps by the
statement that until within the past Two or three
years-which have developed in the college an
athletic element that would not be contaminated
with certain customs OF the institution-the leisure
oman pfr ho csYdan yhNyyu
Iassed in the
SOCIETY OF LADIES.
Everybody knows that beauty and fashion
abound in Hartford, and the students OF Trinity
from time immemorial have cultivated BOTH They
always stood ready for Dance and hop was the
delight OF their lives Old college customs were
thrown overheard and masquerades substituted
instead. With dance on hand these gallant and
polite students were simply ecsatic in their bliss.
Released from professors freed IRON tutors. un-
bothered by rules, they made every hopic-
ular arrangement OF great ecldt So
the years went on aud the Faculty. |
bless their dear old pictures sat quiet smiling and
evidently pleased at the turn matters had taken, L
and never once thought that by extending their
support TO rowing, the manly aquatic pastme, the /
rood OF Trinity's boys would not grow stagnant in /
SER veins. and the Institution might rank along
side Of Yale and Harvard In their fostering efforts |
~ "scp " awe anu respectdDle. NO, lnueeu, not
they. With plenty Of money and an oficial ampli-
tude that dwarfed and shaded everything about |
shem, they the boating prospects OF Trinity be-
come almost wrecked. Still. better times, how t
ever. were in store Tor them. 1t was no secret |
last year in the freshman class that an av0wed
hostility to the feminine customs which had 1
usurped all others in the college mad broken out;
and soon this hostihty assumed organized shape
and made itself felt to a considerable extent. The
nrst thing that the ne " element did was to make
up their minds that
DE without representative crew In the annual
collegiate regatta At once sufficient money was
raised TO meet the many requisite expenses, six
men selected Tor the stern realities oil training and
practice, and the ball was finally opened; but
everybody and everything was SO hampered and
TIED with cords Of red tape. The captain Of the
crew TOOK MS men to springfield looking despond-
IN the contest as he expected-they didn't obtain
. place and he wasn't disappointed However
McKennan was not the man TO SIT idly down and
mourn over 1t, bat from the day that he returned
one thiDg-tnat the maiden essay OF Trinity's six
should be her poorest. He o1nd enthusiastic CO.
students who before luli OF ..femininity''
made serious lnroads upon their leisure hours, by
comfort and ease that they might put themselves
In physical Ink TO stand the practical tests which
10 tie racing smell oi74. The boating lever spread,
and IN every class In college this spring there were
large numbers OF candidates Tor aquatic honors,
and the old Doathouse on the Connecticut foot OF
Charter OAK avenue WAS the scene OF much
enthusiasm tUat the leaders OIL the pdStme
flled with courage, and went 10 work with zeal
TO send Trinify's future boating record up near
che 'front.'.
The college boat club includes all the class or
CARNATIONS, and now NUMBERS two-thrds OF the
entire list OF students a TACT which alone speaks
volumes for the rapid progress made In this de-
partment Of physical culture. The orticers OF the
CLUB are:-President. James ID. Hurd, ia, OF Brook
ln, N. r.; Vice President, Thomas L. Stedman,
- ofClncinnan; Secretary, William Z. Curtis Jr,
rs, OF New York; Treasurer, William NJ. Stark rs,
j. ID. Mcheluau, I
The property that the club owns and which
slowly accumulated In the several seasons that
boating at 3rinity bad spasmDdlc REVEALS, rs as
Iollows:-Three six-oared shells (oldJ. practice
barge butt last year. and the racing she'll built by
Elliott just before the regatta last year, 10 feet d
1s s r - e1gt AND y IN inches vide
"a, one; Clarendon 7, Buckley, 10. two: and M.
old barge heavier than man-ofwars ioDgboat,
and sweeps belonging to 1t That would make .
cord OF kindng wood.
THE LUCKY SIX.
once the work OF the painstaking captain, in the
matter OF selecting the six men that would repre-
was completed, the lucky fellows went tupging
away at the rowing weights in the gymnasium as
or two OF them we're there perspiring as freely as
would street iaborer in broiing July sun. At
in smoking, and stopped ali excuses in
the matter Of diet that were known 10 be post
1sy aesrmends. 80 sae winter , ana
eistency ana quiet vim, did their work, never for q
moment losing SIGHT OF the iact that good, homes
hearts IN any cause are more than half the battle.
Tnus iound these men yesterday loungng lor
while on their stu beautiful campus the college
buildings are being demolished to MAKE way Tor
the new Capitol now IN progress OF construction,
and the college VIII, IN time, have more magnln-
cent structuresl; aud a very satisfactory lot they
Strong and ssiiiui oars With one exception they
are yet quite heavy; but tbere is OF the usual
lazy appearance which generally cllngs to men
who are stout and sturdy. A prophet proverbiay
has honor In his own country, otherwise
] might say that from the entire number
OF crews that will pun up to the starring
point on Lake Saratoga that Thursday afternoon
In July ne 1t OF course II sickness does over
fake ibeml there Will not be any OF the company
who will present o better or more winning ap.
pearance than Trinity's representatives. As they
have tueir positions In the practising barge-and,
no DOUBT will relatively maintain them In the
racing shell / give tbem with their ages, heights
and weights, as ioliOws:- :. .