. Yale college, a sketch of its history, with notices of its several departments, instructors, and benefactors, together with some account of student life and amusements, by various authors. nial when the four representatives of this oldest rowing club of Americarowed a dead-heat with the four representatives of the most famous rowing club ofEngland, and the whole continent resounded in their praise; —with all these lordlythings to be said concerning it, it can also be said that the institution definitely datesits origin from the 24th of May, 1843. On tnat day arrived in New Haven, in chargeof
. Yale college, a sketch of its history, with notices of its several departments, instructors, and benefactors, together with some account of student life and amusements, by various authors. nial when the four representatives of this oldest rowing club of Americarowed a dead-heat with the four representatives of the most famous rowing club ofEngland, and the whole continent resounded in their praise; —with all these lordlythings to be said concerning it, it can also be said that the institution definitely datesits origin from the 24th of May, 1843. On tnat day arrived in New Haven, in chargeof William J. Weeks, of the Junior Class, a four-oared Whitehall boat, to which he gavethe name of Pioneer. It had been built in March, 1837, by De la Montagnie & Son,of New York, and was nineteen feet long and four feet beam. Its story can best betold in the words of Mr. Weeks himself, whose recollections, as presented in a letterdated at Yaphank, Long Island, July 24, 1876, are as follows: Previous to the year 1843, ^e on^Y boating indulged in by the students of YaleCollege was an occasional excursion in a sail-boat upon the harbor, or as far as Savin274 CD o> H XO cc/> m. BOATING. 275 Rock, but the sport was confined to only a few. Up to that time I am not aware thatrowing for exercise and recreation had ever been suggested or even thought of. Just previous to the spring vacation of 1843, the idea occurred to me that it wouldbe useful and pleasant to have a boat for rowing upon the harbor. I mentioned myviews to several of my classmates, who at once approved of the plan ; and on my wayhome, for vacation, I visited the Battery in New York in search of a suitable boat, andfound a Whitehall boat, which I thought would answer the purpose, and which theowner, Wm. Earl, desired to sell. I bargained for it, and on my return to College, atthe close of the vacation, I bought it, and had it put aboard of the steamer, and con-veyed to New Haven. Two or three more of my classmates
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