Word: opinions
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...practicing physician who has been in a position to follow very closely the developments in this sport, particularly during the past season. What he says on the subject represents therefore not only the views of a Harvard graduate who maintains a lively interest in her athletics, but also the opinion of a doctor who has had opportunity to observe the effects of training...
...Merrill concluded his lecture by quoting at length from a pamphlet by Hiram Maxim, the well-known authority on military aeronautics. Mr. Maxim's opinion is that the development of aerial navigation will lesson the chances of war in that nothing save subterraneous works will be free from the bombs dropped by aeroplanes...
...Student Council at its last meeting passed the following recommendation to the Athletic Committee: "The Student Council, believing that it is the general opinion of the undergraduates that the two-season rule, now in force, is of no benefit either to athletics or to scholarship, hereby recommend to the Athletic Committee that this rule be abolished." The rule in question prohibits an undergraduate member of the University from representing the University on athletic teams in more than two seasons during the academic year...
During the past month the University cross-country team has been badly defeated in three races, in consequence of which the opinion has already been expressed, even in a Harvard publication, that the team is not properly qualified to represent Harvard, and should therefore no longer be allowed to enter intercollegiate competitions. This is the unsportsmanlike spirit with which basketball, after a slow decline, was last year buried by action of the Athletic Committee. It is the spirit which, if persisted in, will kill any sport, no matter how flourishing it may once have been...
Track athletes are divided in opinion as to the value of cross-country racing as a sport in itself, and as to its effect on other sports. As one of the most strenuous forms of exercise followed in the colleges, it certainly needs the careful oversight of experienced trainers and coaches if it is not to be attended by injurious results. But as long as Harvard teams are allowed to compete in the event, and men are encouraged to come out for them, there should be competent coaching, in order that the risk of injury may be minimized and that...