Sport: Boat Races

At New London. Except for the Harvard-Yale football game, the greatest event of the year for Harvard or Yale men is Race Day at New London. It is not only the traditional boat race (that started back in 1852) that lures every alumnus who can get away for a day from the serious pursuits of life, but also the fun of wading through the broken glass in the Mohican Hotel and shouting long-forgotten nicknames through the narrow streets of Connecticut's famed old whaling port.

There last week, with the same conviviality and commotion...

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