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Swimming as a Harvard sport died in 1910. Since 1907 we have not entered the intercollegiate meet, and since 1910 we have not even meet Yale. The reason for this was not that Harvard lost interest in swimming, nor that swimming was deemed a superfluous activity. It was simply that there was no place to swim. That of all things was the most necessary for a swimming team. With the facilities then available, it was impossible to develop a team worthy to represent the University...
...benefit of men who desire to take part in some form of organized sport this winter, the following summary of the varied opportunities for athletic activity is given...
...cheering and singing was more determined than has ever been given to any Harvard team. We feel confident that the splendid support thus afforded went far toward giving the Harvard eleven a fighting spirit that plainly outshone the well-known Yale grit. For Harvard to outfight Yale in any sport has been rare. To outfight her in football has never happened within the memory of the present College generation. It happened Saturday for the first time. And with a man like Coach Haughton (who stands for fight from the start) at the head of football at Harvard, we know that...
...time when the captain of a University athletic team is most deeply absorbed with his duties of developing a successful team, there falls upon him the organization of all the minor teams in that sport that are to play against each other within the College. At the time when he has the most responsibility, and yet, to keep himself in the best physical condition ought to have the least, he must make the plans for all the intra-college games. Surely there is nothing that binds the class football series to the University team so closely, that the responsibility...
...Athletic Association will charge each man $10 to cover the cost of the year's instruction. Tickets at that price are now on sale at Leavitt & Peirce's and at the fencing room in the Gymnasium, men who have never fenced, and who wish to know something of the sport before enrolling, may take lessons until October 21 without having tickets...