The fall rowing season will get under way this afternoon when all upperclass candidates will assemble in the Newell Boathouse at 4 o'clock. W. J. Bingham '16, director of athletics, will give an address, and L. W. Dickey '30, captain of crew, will outline the plans for the five weeks of fall rowing.

Among the other speakers at the meeting will be H. H. Haines, who is temporarily taking over the duties of head coach, E. J. Brown '96, F. R. Sullivan '27, former cox and 150-pound coach, and Dr. Edward Harding. Manager R. F. W. Smith '30 will be in charge of the enrollment.

Lightweight men who consider trying out for the position of coxswain are to report at the same time. No experience is required of these candidates.

A meeting at the H. A. A. at 2.30 o'clock, open to all Sophomores in good standing, will start the fall managerial competition. This is the shortest major sport competition in college, as it lasts only five weeks. Freshman experience is unnecessary; and the winners become manager and associate manager of crew.

Freshmen selecting crew as their fall sport will meet in Smith Halls Common Room at 7 o'clock tonight where they will be addressed by the same speakers as at the University crew gathering. This sport is one of the most popular of fall activities necessary to fill the physical training requirements and it is hoped that as large a number of shells will be on the Charles River this year as in past seasons.

Freshmen coxswains will gather with their classmates, and especially good opportunities are open to them, as shortage of steersmen has been a perplexing problem in recent years.

There is no training for the oarsmen during the fall since the purpose of the rowing is for pleasure and individual instruction. There are no hard grinds with the possible exception of one or two long races at a low stroke during the last week of practise.