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During the past week there has been expressed no little dissatisfaction with the present cheering situation. Part of the criticism has been directed at the lack of a central cheering section and part at the custom of having the captains of major sport teams act as cheer leaders. Last night it was announced that sections 32 and 33 are reserved for H. A. A. ticket holders. This means that in those sections there will be no one but Harvard supporters, unencumbered and no longer obliged to compete with outsiders interested not in seeing Indiana win but in seeing Harvard lose...
...present system. Briefly they are as follows: the fact that a man has been elected the captain of the hockey or baseball team is no indication of his ability as a cheer leader. On the other hand there is in the mere sight of the captains of the major sport teams leading the cheering of the undergraduates a palpable suggestion of the spirit of cooperation which should exist between all the activities of the College which more than offsets their inexperience...
...Department of Physical Education announced yesterday that 668 Freshmen had thus far enrolled in some athletic activity, and of these, 363, or about 54 percent of the whole, have signed up for organized sports. This shows a decrease from last year for, although there are a few more in number than last year, the class is much larger and the percent, 54, is decidedly less than the 60 percent which were enrolled last year. This is probably due, however, to the fact that there is no baseball this fall, a sport which, last year, was used by nearly 40 yearlings...
...annual fall tennis tournament reveals two fact; that tennis is infinitely more popular than any other sport among the men in the University; and that the facilities here are not adequate. This last fact is sadly true of many sports here; but since it cannot be remedied for all at once, the first effort should be applied where it will serve the widest advantage, namely to tennis. Again, this should be easier than with the other sports, because the needed equipment is more easily available. Much unused space is Soldiers Field (if no more convenient place can be found) should...
Tennis has proved itself, by the enrollment in the Freshman Compulsory raining sections as well as by the entries for the fall tournament, to be the popular choice of the University. Football is and we hope always will be, the great college sport; but for pure recreation in its full sense, tennis stands unchallenged. It is a game in which all are players and none spectators; it is not limited to men of super-physique; it has competitive interest; and it provides a means for healthful exercise to a large number of men who have neither time nor inclination...