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From football as it is, A. M. Beale '97 brings us to football as it might be. His scheme of reforms is a bit alarming; among other changes he proposes to abandon all idea of a required five or ten yard gain, substituting the rule that a touchdown must be made in ten downs. His plan aims to combine the merits of the English and American games; to most persons familiar with football as it is now played here many of his reforms are likely to seem a bit chimerical...
Though in general, therefore, I am against professional coaching; yet I should not like to see Harvard abandon her professional coaches unless the other colleges are willing to do so also. Harvard would then be at such an obvious disadvantage that candidates for the teams would from the beginning see the possibility, even probability of defeat, which is more demoralizing to enthusiastic sport than any ethical disadvantage of a professional coach. Let each college abandon professional coaches and all will meet on perfectly fair grounds. Until then I sincerely hope Harvard will stick to the policy she has now adopted...
...wisdom to recognize frankly that there are grave disadvantages as well as advantages in social organization along class lines, that as a result of the great growth of the University, the introduction of the elective system, and other causes, it has long since been outgrown, and therefore to abandon all efforts to revivify it, and aim instead at securing some new and more practical modus vivendi to take its place." The argument of which this sentence is the conclusion shows rather more of the effects of preconceived idea than of a fair review of the facts as they actually exist...
...been decided this autumn to abandon the graded club crew rowing system in favor of dormitory crews. Each dormitory, or, in cases where a single dormitory is not large enough to raise a sufficiently strong crew, each group of dormitories is to be represented by one eight. For those not living in dormitories eights will be picked from communities large enough to insure securing a comparatively good crew. The object of the scheme is to create greater interest in rowing as a sport, particularly among men who are not able to make class or University crews. A sufficient number...
...excellent line with an inimitable drawl, and convulsed the audience by his solo "Absent-Minded," R. N. Baldwin '05 sang "The Ghost" and "Guidarello Gidarelli" with ease and snap. His burlesque of the sate ghost was amusing, but not consistent, even for the purposes of comic opera. For Gascon Abandon and D'Artagnan-like swagger B. Joy '05 was all that the part of DeTrop required, and his songs "Soldiers of Fortune" and "Gascony" gave life even to the well-trained chorus. "Alfred Dante Petrarch," "Castles in Spain," and "Araby" were sung with good enunciation and graceful action...