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EDITORS DAILY CRIMSON:- At their first class meeting, it is usually the custom for the freshmen to elect three captains to take charge, respectively, of the football, baseball and crew interests. This year a change has been proposed, towards the consideration of which I call the attention of Ninety-two. It has been proposed that the class, at its meeting, elect no football captain. Mr. Sears, captain of the 'varsity eleven, has kindly offered to take charge of the candidates for the freshman team and see to it that they are thoroughly trained. Then the team, after it has been...
...meeting held last night by members of last year's nine to elect a captain for the ensuing year was postponed on account of the non-attendance of Messrs. Mumford, Campbell and Gallivan...
According to the prevailing custom, the freshman class will meet this afternoon to elect their class officers and the captains of the various class teams. In former years these offices have been permanently filled at this election. If the subject be considered a little, it will be readily seen that this method of electing the athletic officers, at least, is not to be recommended to the incoming class, and is, in fact, a method not practised by any other large college...
...strongly advise that the class of Ninety-two, in its meeting today, elect only temporary captains for their athletic teams, having it fully understood that each permanent captain is to be elected by the individual teams whenever they may see fit. A few weeks later on the men will have become better acquainted with each other, and it will be easy to discover who is best fitted to fill each position. Not only will the class, by adopting this method, avoid the risk of having a wrong man to fill a captaincy, but also it will induce greater exertions...
...members of last year's university crew met Thursday evening to elect a successor to Captain Storrow. James R. Finley, '91, of Colorado Springs, Col., was chosen to fill the vacancy...