The Cornell navy : a review . nterviewsvv^ith various interested alumni, and especially with Mr. Courtney, andalso from correspondence with members of various crews. Its compila-tion is the result of a suggestion made by President Schurman, whoserecognition of the value of manly outdoor sport as an important adjunctto University work has been a constant source of encouragement to thew^riter in his efforts to promote the same at Cornell; and also, I mightadd, whose public expression of his liberal and progressive views con-cerning physical training has done much to encourage aquatic sportsamong


The Cornell navy : a review . nterviewsvv^ith various interested alumni, and especially with Mr. Courtney, andalso from correspondence with members of various crews. Its compila-tion is the result of a suggestion made by President Schurman, whoserecognition of the value of manly outdoor sport as an important adjunctto University work has been a constant source of encouragement to thew^riter in his efforts to promote the same at Cornell; and also, I mightadd, whose public expression of his liberal and progressive views con-cerning physical training has done much to encourage aquatic sportsamong the students. Acknowledgment is due Mr. J. P. Troy, of Ithaca, N. Y., forthe use of pictures of the 1906 Races at Poughkeepsie, also to T. Littig & Co., of New York, for the picture of the Cornell Univer-sity Campus appearing at the end of the book, also to Mr. C. W. Beck, The Beck Engraving Co., Philadelphia, for valuable suggestions andspecial care in making the plates used in this book. C. V. P. CORNELL OF THE SEVENTIES


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