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...order to relieve the dissatisfaction caused by the existing system of numerals awarded for inter-class games, the Student Council has decided to drop entirely the old colored sweaters, and to conform the new ones to the established system of colors used for major sports. The numerals will hereafter be inserted in an oval, and the color scheme will either be black, red, or white, according to the major sport which they represent...
Statistics recently taken at Cornell indicate that there is a fallacy in the theory that the average participant in two branches of sport is not good student. Records based on the work of the first term show that football men have never had such a high standing in the history of the university, for of the work taken by those members of the football squad who won their letters, 93 per cent. was passed, 5.3 per cent. was conditioned, and only 1.7 per cent. failed...
...Donovan are at the baseball cage every afternoon between five and six o'clock to help new men. At least give the game a try. Every man who weighs over 160 pounds is an available field event candidate. If you are not taking part in any other sport, you can do the track team a great service by trying to help us out of this serious predicament. W. J. BINGHAM...
...members of the University who are interested in this sport and especially those who plan to go out for the team are urged to attend the meeting, as the work of the season will be outlined. Practice will begin in the Hemenway Gymnasium tomorrow, under the direction of Captain O'Neil. Arthur Warwick, a Canadian professional who was coach of the team last year, has been engaged as regular coach again this season, and he will come to Cambridge about April 1 to take charge of the team...
...This sport, has attracted so much attention that seven years ago, in January, 1910, a prominent ski-runner at Dartmouth founded a club there. For two years he shouldered all the burdens and took upon himself the task of getting the men to ski or snowshoe. How well he succeeded may be seen by the fact that the next year, Dartmouth held a Winter Carnival in which there were races and jumping competitions on skis and snowshoes. This competition was held only between members of Dartmouth and a few neighboring colleges. It proved so great a success, however, that...