The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-02-09


to order. Professor Kellogg. president-eect,
addressed the boys on the boating question.
This is no formal talk" be said. only
few words on the su bject of the boat club.
You have the hearty sympathy OF the
faculty in this enterprise.
1--WE want a boat club and a good one if
we have any.
Il am SURPRISED that there mas Oeen no
boat club these late years.
The water is not far off. You have no
further TO 90 than the Yale men who travel
several miles to practice. There is no rea-
son why we should not have boat crew.
we are somewhat stimulated by the In
terest that Is shown in the crews in the
Eastern colleges and by the fact that STAN
ford has already organized club
I'VE do not care to be outd0ne by a
younger Institution. The boating interest
should DO equal 10 the interest in other
branches of athletics.
"On behalf of the faculty l wish you sue
cess and hope that the rallying cry of the
students, row, boys, row! Will lead US on
TO victory"
Colonel Edwards. professor in msthe-
mates, was the next speaker. He was very
humorous ana kept the students laughing
continually.
Looking out of the window and seeing
the storm that is raging" he said, II would
advise you TO build an arg rather than a
she'll.
u see that many of you part your hair III
the middle to accord with the fact that the
least resistance offered will obtain the best
results. This shows a good beginning.
Il hope the interest will increase prOpOr-
tionately.
Professor kellogg has said that it sur
priSed him that we have not Lad q baat
twenty-0ne years ago. i was composed of
nine or ten students of the classes of -, 10
and III They hired a barge on Lake Aler-
ritz when the course was not nearly as good
a. it is now After month of hard train
ing they diSbauded for lack of mpetiti0n.
| want it understood that while Stanford
has taken the Initiative nOw we had boat
club before.
The university is not established for
athletics, but interest in athletics shows in
terest in other things, and 1t is for this rea-
son that we give IL our support"
Professor Gayley spoke heartily in favor
Of the boat club and told of his bets with
Mr.. Lyle on the annual Oxford Cambridge
boatrace.
Mr.. Lyle spoke also Of the races in Eng
land, and described the poor boating facili-
ties at Yale. He said that the students
must go carefully or they would draw the
interest from the other sports. He wished
them all possible success, and said that if
they could not get any other coXswain he
would act as such.
MI NUlf tue new pIOlSSsOI III 6lcetIIcdl
engineering gave the boys some sound adj
vice. He is lately from Cornell. and was
very much interested In boating while there.
The facilities there are not good" aid
he. "as the bOatheuse is a mile from the
campus and the only available method Of
getting there is to walk. The lake on which
they practice is often very rough. while San
Francisco Bay in many spots is just right"
MIR. Cory made an eloquent plea for
money for the club and told the students
that if they wished TO be successful they
would have to be liberal and that every man
would have TO give something, no matter
how much or how little.
l.. Jacobs spoke on behalf of the middle
class of the Hastings College Of Law. He
assured tile Berkeley boys that the law stu
dents were more than interested. They
were more than willing to contribute to the
support of the crew if the organization was
open to them.
Mr. Brown represented the Dental Col
lege and expressed the hope that the project
would be pushed.
After these stirring speeches the presi-
dent was empowered TO appoint a commit
tee of five to consider the plan of organiza-
ton and report at the next meeting
The meeting then adjourned, and those
present examined the plans and specfiea-
tiOns that Mr.. Jewett of the junior class
had prepared.
The plans are for boathouse 30x60 feet
and % feet high. Tie building is to he
two stories in height. The first floor is to bs
devoted to boats only. A staircase viii lead
TO the second floor, which will contain q
reading-room, ladies' and gentemep's
dressingrooms, closets, lockers and shower
baths.
French windows will lead out from the
second floor on 10 balcony occupying the
full frontage OF the house.
Adjoining the boathcuse in the rear will
be erected a cottage 80 feet square and con-
tanning two bedrooms, a parlor, kitchen and
closets.
This house will be for the use of a man
and his family who will take care of the
b0athOuSe and keep it in proper condition.