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James M. MacKaye '95 will give the first of a series of five important lectures on "Political Engineering" in Emerson F. this afternoon at 4.30 o'clock. The lecture will be open to the public. The special subject that the lecturer will speak upon is "The True Criterion of Right...
December 6.-"The True Criterion of Right...
...earnest attempt that the captains of our teams have made to supply from their own knowledge and exertions the places filled by professional trainers in more favored colleges. Probably their service has been as wise and their supervision as careful as amateurs could possibly have given. It is also true that the overshadowing importance of football in the public interest would be likely to divert the bulk of the coaching away to that sport. It is hard, we know, to find money to foster these minor sports which bring in no gate receipts, and Harvard of course is very, very...
...crew races and in track meets we have come nearer to the true amateur spirit in this particular by depriving coaches of the right to be near their men in competition. In football and baseball the professional aspect stands out more strongly in this instance than in any other one thing. Professional coaching by the best men available is an acknowledged necessity for success in present-day sports, nor is it at all incompatible with the spirit of amateur competition. But let the coaching be confined to its proper time and place, and when a team is once started...
...football coaches and players to determine the means by which the danger of injuries may be minimized. Most critics assert that the serious injuries occur in mass plays; if this is true the obvious remedy is to introduce more open play by removing the restrictions which now make the forward pass such an uncertain and desperate expedient. The last game on Soldiers Field showed how seldom this play will be used as long as, it is hedged about by limitations which make it a mere last resource. Such a change would also satisfy those who want a more spectacular contest...