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A look inside: Eliot House

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Harvard President Charles Eliot once famously decried the sport of baseball for its deceptive practices.

“Well, this year I’m told the team did well because one pitcher had a fine curveball. I understand that a curveball is thrown with a deliberate attempt to deceive,” he said. “Surely this is not an ability we should want to foster at Harvard.”

For Eliot, rowing was one of the true honorable sports. (Tennis was the other.) And at Eliot House, the river House named for Harvard’s longest-serving president, crew is king.

The Eliot House courtyard graciously opens out onto the Charles and the boathouse. Many new residents arrive at the House with no rowing experience, but find themselves drawn to the water in the early morning, seeking that serene feeling when a boat glides across the water, with the team of eight rowers, guided by their coxswain, working as one.

Former House Master Lino Pertile made crew a priority. At the Charles Eliot dinner, Pertile would evoke the ghost of Eliot as a mythical inspiration, with him talking to rowers and offering words of wisdom and encouragement: “Fly like the wind and bring glory to Eliot House.”

Crew cuts

Stephanie Mitchell/Harvard Staff Photographer

  • Eliot House residents who participate in the Eliot Boat Club, the intramural crew program, arrive at the launch at the boathouse along the Charles River.

    Eliot House residents who participate in the Eliot Boat Club, the intramural crew program, arrive at the launch at the boathouse along the Charles River.

  • Yonatan Kogan 12 (from second from left), Johnny Bassett 12, Eddie Grom 12, and Austin Glamser 12 take a minute before heading out on the river.

    Yonatan Kogan '12 (from second from left), Johnny Bassett '12, Eddie Grom '12, and Austin Glamser '12 take a minute before heading out on the river.

  • Members of one of Harvards intramural crew teams lift their scull into the Charles River.

    Members of one of Harvard's intramural crew teams lift their scull into the Charles River.

  • Rowers shoes are scattered along the dock while the teams are out on the water.

    Rowers' shoes are scattered along the dock while the teams are out on the water.

  • Rowers prepare for their morning outing.

    Rowers prepare for their morning outing.

  • Alena Tofte 13 (from left), Caroline McHugh 12, and Fallon ODowd row, row, row their boat.

    Alena Tofte '13 (from left), Caroline McHugh '12, and Fallon O'Dowd row, row, row their boat.

  • Rowers cross through one of the Charles bridges on their morning row.

    Rowers cross through one of the Charles' bridges on their morning row.

  • Eliot House residents haul their boat to the waterfront.

    Eliot House residents haul their boat to the waterfront.

  • Zuzanna Wojcieszak fits the scull back in the boathouse.

    Zuzanna Wojcieszak fits the scull back in the boathouse.

  • Caroline McHugh 12 (from center) and Caroline Cox 14 speak with their fellow rowers.

    Caroline McHugh '12 (from center) and Caroline Cox '14 speak with their fellow rowers.


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