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...will meet the University basketball team tomorrow evening in the only game scheduled for this week. This game will be of special interest since each team will have as an impetus to make a good showing the fact that it is the first to represent its university in the sport. The game will be played in the M. I. T. gymnasium...
Thus far Coach Wachter's men have made a good record for themselves when one considers that this is the first year basketball has been a minor sport. Out of seven games played thus far, Captain Tolbert has led his men to victory in five, suffering defeats by Wesleyan of Middletown and Worcester P. I. At both of these colleges basketball is rated among the important sports. The University, however, will have a chance to wipe out the latter defeat Saturday...
Overcoming isolation, and putting in its place publicity is what the Dartmouth Outing Club is accomplishing by conducting its annual Winter Sport Carnival. This winter, on February 10-12, will be held the tenth of the series and what promises to be the most unique and well-attended of them all. Snow-shoeing, skating, skiing, trail-making and cabin-building, things that are making Hanover and Dartmouth famous all over the country, are events on the program...
...innovation this year will be a number of events in which guests can take part. At present all the accommodations in the town have been reserved for the avalanche of guests which is expected. Also several outside colleges will have delegations on hand to compete in the winter sports. Middlebury, McGill, Vermont and Williams have already accepted. Regular sport games will be staged to fill out the schedule; the swimming team will be matched against Harvard on Friday evening, and a basketball game with the Crimson five will be the last sport event of the holidays. Saturday afternoon there will...
...this record is only a beginning. It is too early in the season to crow over victories. The team has some stiff obstacles in the path of a victorious season. If they cannot be surmounted, basketball may go the way of many minor sports, and sink into insignificance. If, however, the team can continue to make good, the future of the sport will indeed be bright. The result should be a larger squad, more enthusiastic support, better facilities, and a broadening of interest in Harvard through Western and Southern trips...