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...charge has often been made that college athletics are used merely as a money-making scheme for the colleges. The commercial spirit of the sport is said to be shown by the erection of immense stadiums all over the country simply to increase the revenue from the football games. As a matter of fact, the various University Athletic Associations in general have considerable difficulty in avoiding a large annual deficit...
...Student Council has passed the amendment to Article I, Section A of the Constitution: "That the number of elected members in the various classes be as follows: two Seniors, four Juniors, one Sophomore, and one Freshman; and that the five major sport managers be ex-officio members...
...need comment. But it has remained for the University crew management to develop this policy to its apex by placing an absolute ban on all communications from the water-front. Just what can be gained by this policy is not clear to the CRIMSON. Crew is not a sport in which trick formations or changed line-ups can be utilized to baffle an opponent...
Last winter, largely through the influence of Captain W. E. Nightingale '15, a meeting was held at Yale to organize lacrosse as a sport, and the result has been the formation of a team under the direction of B. M. Vance '08, who played for the University for three years. The Yale twelve is composed largely of football men, and while it is under the disadvantage of inexperience, should make a good showing on account of its weight and speed. The University will line-up as it did against Cornell. Today's game will have no bearing on the championship...
Twenty-one competitions for manager-ships have been carried on according to the rules governing these competitions. A new rule made this year provides that competitions shall last one-half of the regular season of the sport, or at least six weeks. A petition was made to the Council that the president of the Musical Review be made an ex-officio member of the Council. The petition was turned down on the ground that the paper was not of a sufficiently representative nature to warrant its adoption. An attempt was made to have the Christmas vacation lengthened. On consultion with...