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Thus far the amateurs have followed this suggestion as the joint rules body proves, and it is a right step in the right direction. Now let the professionals get together and adopt one set of rules...
...took no action on the elimination of the goal after touchdown as recommended by many coaches and students. It also considered the suggestion advanced by P. D. Haughton '99 that a forward pass blocked behind the line of scrimmage should be considered a free ball, but failed to adopt it. The question of preventing stalling by a change in the method of timing, which was discussed so energetically last year, did not receive much attention nor did any of the proposals as to overtime periods in case of a tie or goals after touchdown kicked from scrimmage...
...policy in this regard encourages every student to become adopt in some recognized sport, for the reason that the benefits derived are part of the advantages Harvard offers. Its eligibility rules are strict enough to keep sport on a high plane, not so strict as to interfere with its usefulness. There is at present a move on the part of certain graduates to prevent a transferred student from playing on a Harvard team any time during his entire stay here. Once admit the advantages of intercollegiate athletics, and it is difficult to see the wisdom of a rule which limits...
...peasants own their farms, and the private ownership of property is thus widely distributed. And since food prices are so high, the agricultural population, who are in the majority, receive a distinct financial benefit. The French peasant sees no advantage in the Bolshevist doctrines, and will be slow to adopt them...
Next Wednesday afternoon at 5 o'clock the Debating Council will hold an important meeting at Weld 37 to adopt a constitution for the club and to award medals to the members of the team. The Council will also discuss plans for securing the services of a coach for the rest of the year, the necessity for whom seems great...