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...decline of interest in minor sports in the University since the war has been noticeable in no one sport more than in lacrosse. And in view of the former popularity and success of lacrosse at Harvard, this development is surprising. Everyone, does not remember that the University won six times and shared twice, the Championship of the Intercollegiate League in the eleven years preceding 1916--although the recent lack of complete success is not unfamiliar. But apparently, lacrosse has achieved a gruesome and quite undeserved reputation for savage ferocity, and even the boldest spirits are dismayed by the prospect...
Wellesley (Miss Mabel Cummings) : "A true athletic democracy," Wellesley has the widest range of sport, equal official standing being given to all. Crew is the favorite sport, followed by golf, ice-carnivals, track. Two hundred girls compete in Field Day. Strongly op- posed to the varsity system...
Radical shifts in organization of several undergraduate activities were under consideration by the Student Council at its meeting last Wednesday. The proposal that major sport managers should manage their teams in the Junior instead of the Senior year was thoroughly discussed, and then turned over to a committee, headed by B. McK. Henry...
...athletic world, the most noteworthy single event was the elevation of polo to the status of a minor sport. All members of the College and Engineering School are invited to compete for places on the team...
...boathouses have probably the best quality and quantity of equipment of any college in the country," he continued. "We have plenty of money and shells to provide for any number of men who want to row. After all, rowing as a sport for all is more important than a college crew, but the two go together. We have more shells than any other college except possibly Yale, and I think even more than the Elis. We have one great advantage in being so near the water, and such a good river at that. The Charles is right at hand...