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...meeting of the I. C. A. A. A. A. in New York on Sunday has once more brought into the light of public discussion the problem of eligibility for participation in intercollegiate athletic contests. The resolution that was passed, and which is to be brought before the annual meeting of this association in March, provides for the suspension of the famous one year rule. This resolution was passed in view of the fact that many athletes would otherwise be unjustly prevented from participating in sports when they returned to college this year. The resolution is excellent in principle, but such...
...announcement that the University is definitely to have a Field Artillery Unit is a welcome solution of the military problem. The success of artillery training at Yale has been well established in the war, and moreover many men from other colleges have proved themselves capable artillery officers. This result is not unexpected for it is well appreciated that college men are best suited to perform the specialized duties and complete the exacting training demanded by this branch of the service...
...addition to the suitability of artillery to the college man it is especially adapted to the peculiar problem of military training at the colleges themselves. The curriculum of the artillery runs more nearly parallel to the academic program than does that of infantry or any other arm. There is enough technical and theoretical knowledge to be learned to keep several courses going throughout the year. With sufficient classroom work to be undertaken, winter drills under adverse conditions would not be necessary in order to keep the military system intact. This is perhaps the most important factor in adapting artillery...
...major sport. The college world is firmly agreed that some place shall be created in the athletic system for the great majority of students who formerly took their exercise, willingly or unwillingly, by proxy in the stands. As Major Moore further suggests, the successful solution of the problem is more likely to lie in the popularization of games rather than in any form of calisthenics that might be offered...
...advancing of tennis to a major sport is regarded as necessary to effectively encourage it among the students in the University then the change should be made. The solution of the athletic problem appears to lie in the direction of popularization of sports, and it must be those sports which are not as severe in demands upon physique, time, and coaching service as are the present major ones. On the whole, we believe that Major Moore has come very near to the correct solution of the problem...