Word: freshmen
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Compulsory athletics for Freshmen is proving successful. Several reports made by Mr. Geer have shown that over two-thirds of the members of 1923 have participated in outside games and that organized sports have received a distinct impetus from the new system...
...most important objects of compulsory physical training is to interest Freshmen in some form of outdoor sport. Exercise in a gymnasium is good, but is does not fill the place of a competitive game played in the open air. Mere development of the muscles during one year is not what is wanted; a real interest must be aroused so that men will regard their exercise not as an unpleasant task required of them, but as a real pleasure which they will continue throughout their college course...
...only flaw in the system, as we see it, is that nearly one-third of the men are taking indoor exercise. If all Freshmen were required to partake in outdoor sports during the autumn and spring months, and during the winter months only were permitted the alternative of gymnasium work, then the dangers of their confining themselves entirely to the gymnasium would be obviated...
Play by play returns of the University Princeton game will not be posted in the Union as announced by the management a few days ago. Instead, the plays will be recorded on the special Irwin score board in the Stadium while the Freshmen game is in progress...
...Freshmen football team faces a hard proposition in its game with the Princeton Freshmen Saturday. Princeton, like Yale, has an unusually big Freshman team, and that it is aggressive and strong is shown by its 22-0 defeat of the Eli yearlings. From past records, including play against the Princeton Varsity it is evident that they are a difficult team to defeat and consequently will enter the game full of confidence...