The New York herald., 1876-02-05
THE INTERNATIONAL BOAT RACE,

THE QUESTION OF ALLOWING GRADUATES TO
Row-wHAr Is GRADUATE ?-THE Ex-
PENsE OF THE TRIP TO AMERICA NOT LIKELY
TO STAND IN THE WAY.
Through the courtesy OF gentleman resident in
this city, graduate OF Cambridge University in Eng
land and old rowing man. OF the HERALD stan
enabled yesterday CLEAN the following particulars
which win throw additional light the question raised
by the Cambridge in special despatch OF yes
terday to admitting graduates to With a
student college, studies four years in the under
graduate department. and, taking his degree OF Bach
elor OF Arts graduates He is then called graduate
If intending follow OF the learned professions
he then enters upper course, namely that OF the
divinity law or medical school, as the may be-
These schools are often directly connected with the i'm
stituton at which he took his A. b. as for instance,
tho Columbia Law School with Columbia or that of
Harvard with Harvard He is thus in these schools q
graduate and So under the present rules Of the Row.
ing Association, is not eligible for place in the uni-
versity boat But in England he usually has his pro-
fession in mind from the start, and entering the uni
versity at eighteen nineteen much about the same
age here, he at selects which helps to
ht him directly for his chosen calling. and thus
though unquestionaby an undergraduate and SO ent-
tied TO any place the boat which he earn, he i9
progressing with branches grappled with here only by
graduates so that, outside of the Fellows and other
yates as here, but all are undergraduates. Cambridge
thus has 500 graduates ordinarily her books
and oxford nearly 1000, while probably no institution
In this country has COO numbers with the in
the schools, l, 500 in all
In this way only as is we'll known the proportion
OF actual rowing men is very much greater than here,
they sometimes at Cambridge numbering many
hundreds, but they may have in their boats three dis
tnct classes OF who here not under the rules,
allowed 10 The reason for this exclusion is a
good namely that some OF the institutions men,
bers of the association only colleges and uni
versities, and so hsvc no upper schools The dstinc
tion now raised, namely, whether what are known in
England as graduates can compete in the proposed
race, means then can men no longer at the university
at all, but graduated and scattered all over the world
competeY
which may be the very which comes to Philadel.
phia IL Is not usually made up from the team that
meets Oxfordthe varsity eight-but from other row.
ing in college, and 90 is not strictly representa-
tive But II may happen that four OF the eighb
itself may come and informant regards the HERALD
plan of making the inter university for tours and
not skies an admirable one and very much moro
likely 10 bring from the varsity eight than six
would be- Indeed, have already stated, six
! racing shells almost entirely unknown IN
| England while fours even more the standard rae
ing craft there than here. He quite concurred in tho
! HERALD view that they would naturally wonder why
they should be asked 10 the students In kind or
boat utterly ,aboocd In the great at Philadelphia.
stand IN their way. lndeed, stated IN our yester
days dispatches. measures are already on loot at
Cambridge 20 remove any donbt this point
The only contingency which seems TO him likely TO
give difficulty will be In the case OF men staying up at
the university throughout the long vacation and reading
for the October examinations. There often
two OF these The varsity crew but out Of eight
there will be little doubt that four could be bad not SO
encumbered. though six would be another matter.
The feeling Of all Cambridge men, indeed OF all Eng
lshmen, at the plucky course OF Cambridge IN deter
mining to cross and face here waters
will naturally be one which will be shared by all men
the world over Of admiration tor robust manhood.