Show SO little interest is taken in athletics here that it is perhaps idle chatter to talk of the formation of a rowing club Sanguine hopes are entertained though that in the not very distant future the University will be able to put puts s forth a crew and that yearly races with competing city crews will be hel held A little reflection will convince anyone that so far from there being any hinder- hinder ance outside of the students themselves to the carrying out of such an eminently worthy project every opportunity for doing so is at our very doors Both Saltair and Garfield are admirable places for rowing and it is beyond doubt that passes could be obtained over either road Thus without any expense daily practice in rowing could be had Free transportation has been rI r I furnished city crews and would not the same be done for us Rowing is generally considered the best exercise a college man can take for aside from the absence i in it of that football brutality all the parts of the t body are brought into play in an easy beneficial manner A University crew crewman crewman crewman man of Harvard or Yale is perhaps honored above all men in the college world and though it is perhaps true that the six months of training from January to June Juneis is severe and takes much time the oarsmen stand high in their classes for being in such perfect physical cond condition condition con con- d tion the they can bring clearer and brighter minds to their books than their fellow But as said above it is idle chatter for us to talk talk seriously of forming a crew at the present time Not until greater reater interest is taken in athletics and more college spirit is generated can it be done Not until the undergraduate body increases and the long-faced long and sluggish freshmen sophomores juniors and seniors give way to active and energetic energetic energetic ener ener- getic students can the project be made feasible In th the meantime however let the matter be discussed even though no action be he taken There is nothing like talk |