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...talent withers. Each myrmidon deprives dozens of good men of the incentive to training. When the true amateur spirit prevails, a college centers its pride not merely in the prowess of its teams, but also in the gross number of its students who learn to love sport for the sake of sport and of the health in body and in mind which it engenders. No institution is secure in virtue until the amateur spirit pervades the undergraduate body. New York Times...
...attitude of the Student Council shown in this incident is unfortunately too typical of that prevalent in the undergraduate body at large. Much is said nowadays about athletics for all, sport for sport's sake, and so on; few seem to realize that this opportunity lies in the minor sports. In these the physique which is developed to its full capacity is not necessary for participation and enjoyment. One who has the much-talked-about average ability can find here a pleasant way of gaining exercise and companionship. Although the desire for these is apparently not very great, probably many...
Within a few years, well-informed observers believe, the whole question of athletics uber alles will have to be settled. The movement has been started to make athletics the sanely adjusted power for good that they can be. "Sport for sport's sake" will sometime prevail over the attitude that success in sport is the measure of the worth of an institution. Athletics exist for purposes of the colleges: the colleges do not exist for purposes of sport. The Dartmouth
...rejection of the scheme by 36 votes to 10. It is satisfactory to know that there are some persons of consequence in this country who are making a stand against the gradual tendency of sport in this country, and in America also, to be practiced not for the sake of the sport itself, but for the sake of public renown and advertisement. The development of sport on these lines can be clearly traced in the histories both of ancient Greece and Rome, and the parallel produced ad absurdum ends in the gladiatorial show. . . . It cannot be denied that...
Granting, for the sake of argument, that there is justice in this criticism, how are we to relieve the pressure? To most of the students at the meeting this seemed a very simple matter. The trouble is, they explained, that the interruptions caused by hour and weekly examinations make it impossible for the Senior to organize his works he would like. Eliminate all but the mid-year examinations and the difficulty would be removed...