"YALE MEN SAY."

Reports have gotten around that our crew has been rowing in very fast time. From one college paper they pass to another, until by continued reiteration they gain weight and are believed even by some Yale men themselves. To some extent this was the case last year, and many were heard to say after the race why, I thought they had made such good time in practice. Why had they thought so? simply from believing rumors which start originally from no one (but the originator) knows where. The fact was that the crew had never done anything in practice that could be called good time. Such rumors, in justice to both the crew and the college, should be contradicted when false, and so we desire to have all understand that thus far the crew this year has made no time deserving of the epithet "fast," or such that would lead anyone to have the confidence in their winning that we all wish we could feel. The crew is working hard, and the best that can be done is being done, but as yet fast time has not rewarded their efforts. [News.