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...first move of the Student Council has been to set on foot the annual scrub hockey series. These games have in the past brought many men into the competitive enjoyment of a sport which they are unable to participate in as representatives of the University. It is only natural, therefore, that this year as usual this excellent custom should be kept up, and it will be a source of great disappointment, and a sign of the flagging of healthy interests, if the games do not assume their usual importance...
...same time it does not seem that this series accomplishes all that might be done in offering men an opportunity for playing hockey. Even a less organized form of the sport should be kept constantly alive. Let there be always a rink on Soldiers Field ready for any men who desire some informal recreation. There is no need of supervision and organization. A spontaneous game played by a dozen or so unskillful enthusiasts with informally chosen sides would be no less beneficial and enjoyable than the highly organized game of skilled players. We feel sure that men would avail themselves...
Intercollegiate competition began in the field of athletics and produced a prevailingly healthful intercourse between Harvard and its fellow-colleges. This has gradually drawn the University from an isolated position into closer and wider relations with its neighbors. Teams in almost every branch of sport represent us against rivals, and growing out of this the musical clubs of the various colleges give joint concerts...
...hockey team is watched with great interest. This first game of the season, and the only game until after vacation, is to be played against the Institute of Technology, also a comparatively untested team. The interest lies largely in the fact of the peculiar position that this sport now occupies. The Arena in supplying a rink that can be used in all weathers has changed the standing of hockey, and it has created the permanent possibility of a consistently first-class team to represent the University. It has also produced a new enthusiasm on the part of the undergraduates...
Today we feel the absence of this sport, and today we also have a means of reviving it. We have a tank. The Cambridge Y. M. C. A. tank, only a short distance off, 60 feet long, 20 feet wide, and 8 feet deep, is open to any Harvard man upon the payment of a very nominal fee. All we need now is the team, and we need that badly. Swimming is a sport that should not be neglected. It would give an outlet to a lot of the winter energy that is either wasted or is spent on gymnastics...