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WEDNESDAY, March 24, 1937.

Above: Oxford crew in 1829, the first Oxford v. Cambridge race. Right: Cambridge in action, 1936. FACTS ABOUT THE RACE To-day's race is the 89th to take place. Cam- bridge has won the last 13 in succession, and 47. in all. Oxford has won 40. There has been one. dead-heat.

The first race was, rowed from Hambleden. Lock to Henley in boats like tubs, the rowers two abreast.

In 1912 both boats sank. Once before (1859) Cambridge sank in a gale.

Oxford's last win: 1923. If they repeat it to-day they will prevent Cambridge, getting past the 13 times in succession bogey.

W

Once More the BOAT RACE

ITH boat-race en- and it is this they grudge us-is thusiasm at its to produce so many people who zenith, why must so obviously enjoy doing, if not quite the best, then almost the

ENGLISH

rowing ig

By Conrad Skinner

one succumb to analysis? best they might-Better for thusiasm be in danger of ignor enthusiasm has made a large What a moment to choose England not to be represented in ing the psychological law that contribution. The Universities for reciting so obviously the Olympic Games than for it is possible to have too much must set a parallel example of English sport to be sacrificed to even of a good thing. Games discipline and proportion, such COAL MINES acceptable a creed as: "I the fetish of the first-class world- are games, and play is play, just as tideway and provincial clubs

PROBLEM

believe that rowing is a beating performance."

so long as they remain legitimate observe from sheer force of cir- game and that it exists for In a word, are we out for the and earned reactions from more cumstance. To' them rowing can Although the British Govern- pleasure and recreation"!

jole-de-vivre of the present Cam- serious affairs..

only be what it was meant to be, ment recently registered its dis-

In these lighter pursuits of the legitimate relaxation after |approval-of-a-Labour plan-for

This is not to carp at boat. bridge crew (placidly asuming the reorganisation of the coal race crowds, but on the contrary for the moment that such rowing life the price of perfection may office and shop hours

In the old days at the Univer- industry under publie ownership to welcome them as the salt of cannot lead to quintessential be too costly to subscribe. And,

perfection) or the grim secrecy as an end and object in them- sities, say sixty years ago, a man and control, it has been dis-sanity.

and frantic intensity of the over- selves, games become, of course, needed to do no more than read closed that very far-reaching They provide a proper setting

both frustrative and ridiculous. for seas "go-getter"?

Little-Go (tho entrance plans are under consideration and a wholesome atmosphere in

In this connection, therefore, exam!) in his first two years of for dealing with one of Britain's that they establish the occasion

one unhesitatingly condemns residence, to make afterwards n major industrial problems.. Low as one grand cosmopolitan pic-

the sacrifice of sections of Uni- sporting shot at a pass degree. wages, alarming accidents and nic: their frank enjoyment of chronic unemployment are still making their baneful effects felt, and the owners have come in for considerable criticism for falling to place the industry on a better footing. In-spite-of-a-subsidy of no less than £23,000,000 granted in 1925 and of the wide powers granted for the control of output and the fixing of minimum wages five years later, very little has been done to cut out the wasteful competition be. tween owners and to evolve a real plan of reorganisation. The Labour proposals are that of the same point by Back Stop:

the

or the filching of crew composed of honours men, for the and some of us remember to our cost what embarrassment pirati. cal on-slaughts upon working -hours can mean.-

largely safe from the versity term for the sake of Now, however, it is not infre- the day, given anything like competitive phase of this mad- practice on otherwise inaccessi- quent to find a whole University weather, is so thorough and un- ness, if only by reason of the ble waters,

camaraderie of its mornings from work inhabited that, positively, one amazing feels the risk of the crews slip coaching, which is always ad-river. ping off the mark without being vocating and exemplifying the noticed

principle of helping the other.. man to beat yourself, in the in- terests of true rowing.

Thomas Selby Egan a century ago laid down in his famous manifesto that the object of the boatrace was not primarily to defeat the other crew but "to exhibit rowing in perfection."

N the "Field” one could! recently read a setting]

ROWING is now riding Sport kept us sane in time of

on a high tide of war; in peace it should not turn

But we may still in our en- popularity to which University as mad,

Is

British

Youth

Too Soft?

By Colin Collins weaken his inherited British charac

ter.

"IL

bound to colour

his outlook and:

the industry should be organised "Orthodox rowing is very hard WHAT wrong with the youth of into one unit under the name of to learn and still harder

this country? That there is to something wrong-radically wrong- Coal Corporation which

teach, The Fairbairn style is 1 am convinced. I base my convie

we allow this coddled and would control the production, easy to learn; it has increased tion on personal observation and In-

cushioned apathy to persist and per- selling, marketing and treat the popularity of rowing in Eng- vestigation.

"To-day," he proceeded, "our haps to become organic, no Govern- ment of coal. The Corporation land and has increased the stan- youth with the youth as I knew it in feel that he la comfortably tied to Socialist, will be able to save us from have compared motora British adolescent citizen is brought up to ment. National, Conservative, Or would establish a Coal Market-dard of second and third-class this ing Board and a Food Con- crews beyond all knowledge. It host youth with the youth of the now of 'something" for nothing" is

country 40 years ago. More the apron strings of a benescent being dragged into war by more important still, I have compared State, and the very generosity of the | virile peoples, and we stand to lose- sumers' Council, and would also

has one crab. It has never Continent at this present time. And

"(Continued on Page (5.) have power to establish coal produced a first-class world- these comparisons are not pleasant, treatment plant so that clear

to coal-owners would be the

|

"The

PETER

and definite plans for coal beating craw."

In the years when Queen Victoria utilisation might be system-

As to that, opinion may differ. sat on the Throne and Britain led A Jesus College crew beat the wealth, and Industry-a-finale was the world in statecraft, progress, atically worked out for the redoubtable Belgians in 1911 on sometimes sung by young people: country as a whole. The whole their own water, a feat unat process from the hewing of coal tained by Leander or other or

Two skinny Frenchmen, one Por-DETER was only lent to me, not way home, "I'm glad we said that

tuguese, to the manufacture of petrol isthodox crews on ours. And

mine for keeps,

prayer for Punch and Violet." One Jolly Engilahman can lick We both knew it. Why! Mummy "Punch and Violet!" I exclaimed.", envisaged as one industry in last year's Cambridge crew did

'em all three..

was coming back next summer, and "Who are Punch and Violet? To-day that jingle may sound silly, there would be such rejoicing. which the profits would be equal rather skittle down the best vain-glorious, bombasile, frigoistle,

"Oh, Auntiel I've told you about ly distributed. It is also pro-that Europe could offer.

So, in justice to both of us, and them. They're the two poates at and all the thinga: we so loudly to the friends who trusted me, I was Granny's. I always rode Punch. posed to set up a Minés Com-

[denoufibe and profes to despise careful to give him the love and But I wonder how But let us assume the truth of But it did represent a postave point care he needed without letting him Church knew about them."

the ・man in pensation Commission, under the contention, as a correspon- of view. Those who sang it believed get too much my boy. which compensation to be paid dent does when, drubbing this They had self-confidence, and

The puzzle lasted until the next But he was so adorable! Just a Sunday, when while we were saying [they were proud the tack paragraph in the "Cambridge

youth

real boy at alx, and so trustworthy, the Creed I felt pull. That's "fair value" on the appointed Review he demands to know that jingle or anything like it. He honours I knew I could bank on Peter. That's Punch and Violet."

of to-day never sings When he gave me his "hand of them," came in a loud whisper from day, whereas compensation to whether it is the object of row-has self-confidence. He

very him. royalty owners would be asuming to produce a world-beating "ick one foreign nation, let alone our first walk I took his hand.

He was very independent, On equivalent to the amounts paid crew or to spread healthful and three, were the necessity forced upon very quickly withdrew it can to see a friend on the way home On that same Sunday.wo called or payable to such owners in respect of such rights during

happy exercise among the him.

hold my own hand now, thank you" and Peter's eyes danced at the sight greatest possible number

He qught to make his mark in the of the very biggest, rosiest apple he the two years ending on the ap throughout the country. He Something for Nothing world, for, even at that early age, had ever seen. pointed day of one year's enjoy deals with both our points at

he puzzled things through. The My friend gave. It to him, and ho- ment of such rights, whichever

The demand of this modern youth latest puzzle was caused by a baby carried it back in. triumph. should be the less. Royalty once.

Is for his "rights." From the State sister. He had not seen her.

Sho

But two little neighbours of ours ***It is not uncommon,” he pro-downwards everybody must do had arrived in India. owners who had put nothing in coeds, to hear American and something for him. That would not

always shared all their joys with "I wish they'd let me help them him, and the apple was-big! He to the mine would not be en other overseas visitors envious- so bad if he realized that every choose it before they went back," he stopped chattering. Presently, "Must titled to the same compensation ly praising English sport for Privilege has its responsibilities, said, and then he went out into the T

much

be

doubts whether he could

Something

*

Pontius Pilatel

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apple?"

Jean and Beryl some of this

as coal-owners. Whether the this very quality. They admit road to rula.

for nothing" is the sure garden and kicked stones. So I

knew something was wrong.

"You don't have to,

to, Peter" I 10 plan is workable is a disputable (or perhaps they boast) that Talph Harn

recently, Commons

plied. The apple is yours, but I point, but there can be no ques they can without difficulty beat roines, dealt with this matter. He clow the dear Ultlo face had lost its think it would be rather like a little

Major Ralph Harner, the member for But tion but that the wages paid to our people in the annual or de- was speaking of our social services, an hour later.

when he came to find me half pig not to give them some.” miners are miserably low, in

Quiet, slendy, thoughtful walking--- view of the dangerous nature cial event. Our victory which he and which both Govern- suppose that baby and me have both raised to mine. I knew the decision he described as the finest in "Auntie, I've been thinking. I And then, a cheerful face was of their occupation, graphically

ment and

Opposition Intended to got to have Mummy the same, but was made. illustrated in the Gresford dis earnings in British coal mines improve as opportunity offered, But, thought. I could have Daddy, and "; "It doesn't matter being‹n little pig? aster, in which no fower than have fallen from £8 13s. 8d. to he said, these splendid, certig ser she could have Our Father which sometimes, does it?"

What did I my? What would you have said?-- to 1986, the average weekly cash obviously altogether inadequate, has been.

the

266 lives were lost. From 19192 98. 10d., a wage which 18vices tend to abp that self-reliance art in Heaven"

which has made our race what it Church was new tó him, but the

Arst time he went he remarked on the