A Michigan Crew

The undergraduate of today ofter heara of the "good oíd times at Michigan" and Of ii niany notable ever-ts wliich now linger only with tlwse ivho havo in turn become Instructora at thoir alma mater. Of these, perhaps as little is known of Michigan's crew, whirh trained for tliree months on the Huron. "It was a bout twenty years agi," said Prof. Knowlton to tl. e Daily yesterday, "that Michigan was the proud possessor oí a crew. The equipment coneisted of three four-oared si. ells and a small boat house for training qu uiers. The enterprlse was started In Mareb, was in operation tbrough April and May, and died in .Tune. The course !ay from Whltniore Lake road bridge across üe Hurun to the mili pond. and though somewhai erooked, woúld have answercd had the water remalned at sufllcient dcpth, and the weeds have been kept cleareú out. Kut as it was with the milis continually drawing the water frora the pond, there neither ronained enough afteT tlu spring ralns liad eeased, io fiunisli :t sufBcient depth for rowing, nor was there current enough to keep out the weeds as tbe scason adyariccd. Enthusiasin ran high until the plan preved impracticable and thcii t tUed out aitogether. AVhat has over become of Hu' shells, I do not kuov. nor do I remenïber who anv of the members of' the crew were. If it slionld ever happen har there was an electric road to Whitraore Lake, then the qresticn of a Michigan .lew inight easily be solved. If the proposed electric line betvveen Lansing and Ann Arbor to conneot with the Detroit ai.d Aun Avbor roa 1 is ver built, ii is certain to pass by several foodies ot water as flne as can be found in the West. Bnt until aceess is had to the lake región of the nurih, ive will have to remain contented with our present system of a.thleiics."