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...undergraduates to erect a swimming tank for the Cambridge Y. M. C. A. coming at the same time as the intercollegiate swimming meet, recalls us rather painfully to a realization of our own inadequate swimming facilities. Because of the lack of those facilities, Harvard has been forced to abandon swimming temporarily, and a great many undergraduates have been unable to avail themselves of what is an accessible and valuable form of exercise in most colleges. It seems to me that in this case especially, charity should begin at home. Swimming is one of the few delightful and healthful sports which...
...birth to unite his people and lead them back to Palestine. He is hampered by lack of money, due to the indifference of the rich Jewish bankers and the petty dissensions among his followers, who at the end, defeat him and his cause. Lack of funds compels him to abandon his pro- jected colony in Palestine and turn to the more accessible land of Africa. His followers, however, refuse to accept any substitution for the Promised Land, and at the very moment of his supposed triumph, turn against him. The tragedy of his defeat is enhanced by his enforced separation...
...take part in track athletics for exercise alone. The results of this individual attention are shown now and then by the development of point winners from hitherto untried material. Even greater advantages are those which appear only in the physical improvement of men who, if ignored in track, would abandon all regular exercise...
...Cambridge today with the firm expectation of seeing their team victorious. Every effort has been directed toward this their last and most important game of the season, while Harvard still has to look forward to its big contest. We realize that nothing we can say will lead them to abandon their convictions, but we expect our team to gradually disillusionize them this afternoon. For several weeks the University team has failed to display the playing of which it is capable. We have the coaches and the players who can produce a strong team, and now that the season is drawing...
Again this year the cricket team has been obliged to abandon its season because no suitable ground on soldiers Field is available for play. The Leiter Cup baseball series has also been given up for the same reason. Unfortunate and irritating as these necessities have been they would be more bearable if there was some prospect of more room on soldiers Field next year. But such is not the case. By the recommendations of the investigating Committee, which were recently adopted by the Governing Boards, the Athletic Committee is instructed to apply the "entire surplus of athletic receipts beyond...