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...argue that this backing, when provided, has not a tremendous effect upon the outcome. Today, more than at any time during the season, this support is invaluable. The CRIMSON hopes that undergraduates will attend the meet this afternoon as much from a sense of duty as to witness good sport...
...Conference: "I then discovered that my impressions of the Conference had little foundation in fact. I found a joyous, delightfully vigorous and magnetic atmosphere. The men from the various colleges and schools were a selected group, frankly and earnestly religious, but normally and intelligently so. There was plenty of sport and recreation mingled with the meetings...
Although all the members of this year's team will be lost by graduation, there has been considerable undergraduate interest in the sport this year, and there is a wealth of promising material on hand for next year...
...swimming was abolished by the Athletic Committee as a minor sport at Harvard owing to the lack of interest among the students and the lack of adequate facilities. So matters stood until the Cambridge Y. M. C. A. tank was built, largely through the contributions of Harvard men. This tank suggested a revival of the sport, because of its size and easy accessibility and because the privileges of the tank were extended to all members of the Phillips Brooks House Association...
...print on another page a short synopsis of the past swimming season. We are glad to see that the efforts of the few men interested in the revival of the sport and its ultimate recognition by the Athletic Association have been rewarded by a most successful season. With the opening of the Cambridge Y. M. C. A. tank and the discovery of material well above the average, it seems to us that the next logical step is the consideration of swimming as a regular minor sport. The results of the past season have shown that a large number of candidates...