THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT Northeastern University Men’s Crew 1965 Northeastern Varsity Eight At their 40th Reunion Stroke Tom Waite, 7 Don Moodie, 6 Roger Borggaard, Coxswain Dave Hingston, 5 Bob O’Loughlin, 4 Gary Kilpatrick, 3 Glen Schuhmacher, 2 Vin Goglia, Bow Dick Linck family. Brother Jack ran the Arlett Boat Livery. Brother Harry was one of the area’s more respected coaches. Mother Elizabeth, at eighty-one, was the matriarch of one of the tiny hamlet’s oldest families. This town embraced Ernie and Edith, and it embraced Northeastern, too. “Northeastern was entered in the Thames Cup, and had drawn Queen’s University, Belfast, Ireland, for their first row. “Before we knew it, race day had arrived. The referee, J. Beresford, Esq. [Jack the Younger5343], an English rowing legend, the man won the 1920 Diamond Sculls and then lost to Jack Kelly, Sr. in the following Olympics, wore a high Edwardian collar with a pink Leander tie and cap. After taking what seemed hours to roll up his 5343 See Chapter 25. official’s flag, he gave a quick, ‘Ready, row.’ “The Huskies got a good start, took the lead, and were never headed. They finished the row in 6:53 with a verdict of easily.’ To this eye, the distance over Queen’s University was two lengths. “The Cornell Lightweights also won that day and would be the Huskies” next hurdle. The next morning, a friendly group of Huskies approached the Cornellians about betting shirts, an American tradition not practiced in Britain. They were promptly rebuffed and felt insulted. “The mood at the start line was tense. No smiles were exchanged among the sixteen Americans. Once again the start was smooth, and Northeastern pulled out to a half-length lead at the quarter-mile mark, but by the mile mark, the Cornellians had run them down and proceeded to build a 1475
