GASOLINE ICE CUTTER WILL LIBERATE CREWS THIS WEEK

Coach Stevens of the University crew has engaged the Metropolitan Ice Company to commence cutting ice on the Charles River at 8.30 o'clock this morning, it was anounced last night. The Metropolitan Company will employ a gasoline driven ice-cutter in an attempt to break up the ice, and clear the river for the crews. The cutting will be done above the Newell Boat House which will afford the University rowers a fairly long course and will hasten the breaking up of the ice further down the river.

This step was taken to bring the work begun yesterday by several assistant crew managers to a more speedy conclusion. A large cut has already been made and for a foot out from the riverbank in front of Standish Hall. It is expected that the Leviathan will be on the water before the end of the week if the weather continues warm, and the work on the ice continues with reasonable rapidity.