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Four years ago basketball was dropped from the number of minor sports at Harvard, principally because the facilities in the Hemenway Gymnasium were so inadequate. Since 1915 basketball in other colleges has risen to a place of great popularity, and at several institutions has been made a major sport...
...result of this new interest in the game the Student Council has re-established basketball as a minor sport. It certainly deserves such a place in athletics at Harvard, and the action of the Student Council is propitious...
...matter of most general interest to be brought before the meeting of the Student Council tonight will be the question of making basketball a minor sport in the University. Besides the Freshman team which played outside schools, interclass and interdepartmental leagues were formed here this year, which were decidedly successful. One of these teams, known as the Hemenway Athletic Club, which won the championship in the College, also played outside colleges and won several victories. A rapid increase in popularity is predicted for basketball in the University if it should be made a minor sport...
...management hope to develop each man so that he will know the correct form for his event. The showing of moving pictures is only one of the many innovations that have been introduced in track this year, and all these methods are being used to put the sport back on its former basis...
...question of the advisability of making basketball a regular minor sport, and the awarding of insignia to the Freshman basketball team, was referred by the Athletic Committee to the Student Council with power...