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...will have to work especially hard, for they will have as their opponents the pair that won the national tennis tournament at Staten Island this fall. If our team succeeds in winning the laurel from them, they will, indeed, have done something to be proud of. If we cannot win in the other departments of athletics, at least let us hope that we shall retain our reputation for tennis. Our best wishes go with the players today...
Freshmen, of necessity, cannot be well acquainted with their classmates; they practically know nothing about the men whom they are voting for and run the risk of electing a man, whom no one can depose, to an office, the responsibility of which is felt by the whole college...
...supposed to be conducted. This loss of interest among the undergraduates is greatly to be deplored for many reasons, and to persevere in such a course can only result in the utter demoralization of Havard athletics. When the Harvard system of athletics becomes so unwieldy that the under graduates cannot manage it for themselves, it is time that some change should be made, which should not take it out of their hands, but make it easier for them to control...
...does not ward off well. Graves is sure of either full back or half back as his tackling and kicking are very good. His catching is a little uncertain but his dodging and running are excellent. Tracey, full-back, is an awkward player, and while often making brilliant plays, cannot be depended on in case of emergency. Besides these men, McClung and Morrison, who were half-backs on the Exeter team last year, Adams, Clawson and Bayard have also done well in practice behind the rush line. Clawson was substitute last year but has not the necessary vigor to make...
...Aside from the question of the advisability of thus placing the complete control of the crew in the hands of graduates, a study of the result of this experiment in the past year cannot fail to be instructive. One of this Governing Committee was a graduate of 20 years standing, two of ten and the other rowed recently. They were all rowing men, and when in college had proved themselves good oarsmen, but the standard of rowing, like everything else, is continually improving, and to keep up with this advance a man must not only follow the improvements most carefully...