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...have been privileged to encounter the Orange and Black in this new venture. Our acquaintance has been chiefly limited to the field of rival sport; it is with all the more interest then, that we await Princeton's debut on the Boston stage. Harvard extends to the visitors this evening, if not the keys of the cellar, its utmost hospitality and welcome; and it is unanimous in wishing the visitors every success in their exertions at Jordan Hall and later at the Union...
Successive defeats contain small encouragement for a team that is handicapped in its development by an utter lack of proper facilities. Swimming at Harvard is constantly waging an uphill fight for the reason that few men care to come out for a sport, provision for which is so palpably neglected. The absence of a pool here is directly responsible for the scanty interest displayed in swimming and the resultant failure of the team to score even a few victories over its opponents...
...nucleus of a real team exists at present in spite of the disheartening struggles which its members are undergoing. If the sport is not to die out entirely, immediate steps should be taken to support its progress. For until the college provides adequate and accessible equipment, swimming must continue to suffer as a sport and to reflect on Harvard's reputation in athletics...
...what the dramatic activities at Princeton were like the Princeton Alumni Association regrets that so few of the undergraduates were able to get seats. However, the club will give two or three more performances at Princeton later in the spring, probably in the evening after a big sport event such as the Harvard Princeton race or the baseball game, but the exact dates will not be fixed for some time. Harvard undergraduates may secure tickets for these performances by writing to the Princeton Triangle Club at Princeton, New Jersey...
...game with Dartmouth is the season's most important match for the University team. On the outcome depends much of the future of basketball at Harvard, and, handicap or no handicap the team knows that "results" are the basis on which rests the judgement, just or unjust, of a sport...