THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT then in 1959, “Ernie faced a crucial decision. He loved England and he loved coaching, but couldn’t have both. “‘In the English system,’ ‘coaching he explained, opportunities are limited. Professionals serve as advisers to amateur crews, but there are no permanent, full- time appointments. If a professional wants a good situation, he has to go abroad.’”5322 Northeastern University Men’s Crew Ernie Arlett had a friend at Vesper Boat Club Philadelphia, his 1949 client Jack Kelly, Jr. Kel sponsored Arlett to America. “In the spring of ‘59, Northeastern University Varsity 1965 Dad Vail Champion, Schuylkill River Stroke Tom Waite 5’11” 180cm 167lb. 76kg, 7 Don Moodie 6’0” 183cm 175lb. 79kg, 6 Roger Borggaard 6’4” 193cm 205lb. 93kg, 5 Bob O’Loughlin 6’4” 193cm 210lb. 95kg, 4 Gary Kilpatrick 6’2” 188cm 195lb. 88kg, Ernie was coaching at a high school outside Philadelphia and at the Bachelors Barge Club on the Schuylkill River. A season later, he was Freshman Coach at Rutgers, where his 1962 boat took second at the Eastern Sprints. His reputation having reached Harvard, Ernie took over the Harvard University sculling program in 1963.”5323 Northeastern University Across the city of Boston from Harvard is the campus of Northeastern University, founded in 1898 by the YMCA. The campus mascot is the Husky, and their colors Red and Black. By the 1960s, “the university had been expanding year by year, both in numbers of students and in size of the campus. It was suddenly a major player 5322 Grinold, op. cit. 5323 Ibid. 3 Glen Schuhmacher 6’2” 188cm 182lb. 83kg, 2 Vin Goglia 6’1” 185cm 185lb. 84kg, Bow Dick Linck 6’1” 185cm 185lb. 84kg, Coxswain Frank Baker in the Boston educational community, yet it was on hold athletically. N.U. participated in only seven sports, and three of those, cross-country, indoor track, and outdoor track, were realistically only one. Northeastern athletics was ripe for growth.”5324 In 1962, a Northeastern junior named Harry Paulsen from East Haven, Connec- ticut, gathered sixteen hundred sixty-six signatures, nearly a quarter of the student population, on a petition for his school to join Harvard, MIT and Boston University on the Charles River and start a crew. 5324 Ibid. 1469
