The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-03-18
HUMILITY WON THE RACE.
THE TRAINING OF ONE FRESHMAN
CREW At HARVARD.
It Was Big and strong and Beat tn. Junior

Varsity. and Was on the Verge of Ruin
when Something Unexpected Happened.
The deep chcsted young man had been giving
his theory Of training a college eight
NO. sir" he was saying, by way OF peroraton.
1T isn't style Of stroke and It isn't weigh and II
isn't strength. There never was a boat race
won Vet that wasn't won on Just these things,
condition, grit and form. And the only way
to develop these three things TO the highest point
il 10 find out who ought to be In your boat, as
soon AZ the ice is out oi tho river, and keep them
there"
Did you ever hear Of a boat race that WAS won
on humility" asked the d~yspeptic from the depths
Of the upholstered chair
1hedysrp,ic was known to disapprovc Of youth
and TO have puntanlcAl ideas as 10 the functions
VI n club smoking room
The Ark, | presume you mean suggested
the young man who was acquainted with hteta-
mre. They row quite differently nowadays
The Ark was even before my time" snarled
the dyspeptic through his gray mus,ache This
Was au eight Dared crew-and the story has II
moral
The deep ohes,ed Young man md hs friends
bought things soothing TO the Stomoch for the
dy,pcptic. and waited respectfully. \ boating
story from such lips might be a useful thing to
start A museum with.
This crow" said the dyspeptic. had the rcpu-
tation u being the freshest Harvard freshman
crew that ever dug up the surface Of the Charles.
A fact that was regretted. since Otherwise they
had the making o' a record freshman eight Their
Weight VAS greater thhn the NArsiiy's, and n
wesh aftrr thee had left the rowing tank, for the
river the Varsity captain had u covntouS eye
, on one ~ two Of them The juniors challenged
them 10 n mile brush, and were left behind rs
| though they verr anchored, AMI three days IN
unp week they heat out tho sophompr'S without
trying. II WAS thrS" events which convinced
! the freshmen thGt they We're the greatest oars
mon that ever ornamcntri n university, thu,
Their, WA absolutely nothing further they could
! learn about row ng, and they didn't object To
bctnyinr th'ir feelings on th" subject
The law school MN AMI eN\ arsity stroke.
! yclnpt the Widow, who coached them, dd his
best u present. another view Of tn" cn"' II"
used such childish devices as sarcasm. cntratv,
J logic, abus. and expressions of disgust, hut YOU
couldn't fool IN" freshmen Hadn't they don"
the sophomrr's and the Juniors, aud whore were
the seniors st
one day the widow came down TO the float
and caught them cheering for themselves, and
having spent n winter in Texas once. h" tri"d
a plan NJ hh'l seen uSeu WIN Nu''N>H WI WI"
mustangs. lie sent thn CoyswHin home. and
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without any let up IN" freshmen eyed lam
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