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...want to make basketball a major sport in three years' time," were the words of Mr. Kelly in stating the purpose of the coaching staff. "To do this we must have a strong and successful Freshman team this season. It is up to the men in your class who are interested in the game to see that basketball gets a good start this year." Mr. Kelly expressed dissatisfaction at the small number of men who showed up; he urged that any more men who are interested report at Weld 3 before the next practice...
...seems as though Yale and Princeton have, for once, set aside the "Harvard first" policy. This is all the more to be regretted in view of the recent strong agitation in favor of tennis as a major sport at Harvard. That the Student Council should summarily reject the plan does not suggest that they considered the matter too carefully. Constituted, as that body is, with a large proportion of its members being the Captains and Managers of the present major sports, it is not hard to observe their psychological effect on the body as a whole. We may suppose that...
...Most sport lovers are aware of the rapid growth of tennis in the past decades, but nothing could bring it home to Harvard men morely clearly than the fact that the Fall University Tournament had about twice the number of entries that the National Singles Championship had last year. Such a body as the Student Council of a great University ought to be thoroughly conversant with such matters, and that it was not so informed seems unusual. The arguments for raising tennis to a University sport are several and to the point. There are some against it. Where the preponderance...
...cleared some action will be taken by the Council. If it were possible to hope that they would reflect not only on the safety of a new plan, but also on the future prestige of Harvard athletics, it would not be long before tennis was a fully recognized University sport. PAUL JACKSON, Asst. Tennis Afgr...
Until 1916 the records in these sports were almost without a break, but during the war some event in every sport was omitted...