Crew

With much of the rowing season gone by, the Big Green crews have again reached their peak late in the year due to the early spring weather which greatly handicapped practice sessions.

In the heavyweight division, dual meet losses to Rollins, Brown and LaSalle were compensated lor when the varsity came in third among eight shells in the Dad Vail Regatta on May 9. It was the J.V. shell, however, which made the best showing of the day by winning its race in the Dad Vail series for the fourth straight year. This means that the second boat having retired one trophy last year is well on its way towards retiring a second.

In dual competition the J.V.'s came back after losing to Rollins to defeat Brown and LaSalle on successive weekends. At Cornell on May 2 the rough waters of Cayuga proved to be the downfall of the Indian oarsmen in a quadrangular meet with B.U., Syracuse and the Big Red. Both the varsity and J.V. shells swamped, while the freshmen came in last after shipping a good deal of water.

On the Saturday of Green Key Weekend, May 16, the varsity and J.V. heavyweights closed their home season in strong fashion try defeating Amherst handily in both races.

With two dual meets under their belts a win over Brown and a loss to Belleville High School, national schoolboy champs the '56's traveled to Philadelphia to compete in the Dad Vail Regatta. On arrival it was found that none of the other contestants had deemed their frosh worthy of the competition, so the Little Green brought home the bacon by default.

Lightweight freshman and J.V. shells have met with mixed success thus far, while the varsity has been shut out to date. At Yale on April 25 the junior varsity 150's won, but the '56's were narrowly outstroked by a deck length. One week later on the stormy Charles, the results were reversed when the frosh downed MIT by half a length, the J.V.'s losing by a length.

Following their heavier counterparts to Ithaca by a week, the three 150 boats raced Cornell and Columbia on May 9. Again the varsity failed to place, but the frosh after being considerably weakened by unexpectedly having to make weight downed the Lions, and were narrowly beaten by Cornell. The J.V.'s in the closest race of the day finished last only one foot behind Columbia and half a length away from the hosts.

Of major importance for the future of the Rowing Club is the recent announcement that next year's oarsmen will have the advantage of a professional coach. Marshall Robinson, ex-University of California sweep-stroker, is coming to Tuck School to teach Marketing and has agreed to spend his afternoons on the Connecticut coaching the Green eights. It is expected that student mentors will be retained to work under Robinson's supervision.

Officers of the Club for next year were recently elected. Jonathan Moore '54, varsity coxswain and this season's vice president, has been named president. Gerrit W. Zwart '54 will be vice president, while Richard M. Page '54 has been elected treasurer with William H. Perry '55 his assistant and automatically treasurer the following year. Peter C. Buhler '55 will be the Rowing Club's first Green Key representative.

As a tribute to Alvin T. Fuller whose generosity has been a major factor in the growth of crew at Dartmouth, the new boat house has been named after him as was the old building.

Robert Uuil Photo THE DARTMOUTH VARSITY CREW, as constituted until the final two races of the season, included (I to r) Jonathan Moore, coxswain, elected president of the Rowing Club for next year; Chuck Ennis, stroke; Dune Roberts, 7; Al Graham, 6; Pete Buhler, 5; Captain Dick Hall, 4; Jerry Evans, 3; John Corcoran, 2; and Chuck Noll, bow.

Robert Bull Photo CONSTRUCTION STARTS ON AN ARTIFICIAL ICE SYSTEM FOR THE HOCKEY RINK