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...North, and this year the record on the southern trip gives promise of similar success. Such victories won by a team in the face of discouraging lack of interest show the same kind of spirit which has made Harvard comparatively successful recently in the more popular branches of intercollegiate sport. We do not like to appear with the time-honored and conventional formula, "We urge every member of the University to support the team," but we believe that la-cross deserves more attention than it now receives. The only way to put the game on a proper footing...
...general participation in athletics, rather than to centre the attention of the undergraduates in a few important intercollegiate contests. For this reason every attempt has been made by the captains of the various University teams to make it possible for every one to take an active part in intracollegiate sport...
Last year the scrub baseball series was very successful, and the 25 teams entered gave evidence that the sport had lost none of its popularity because of the discontinuance of the series the year previous. This spring still more interest should be shown, since the new arrangement provides for a greater number of games than usual and ensures a fairer chance for every team...
...shown in this morning's communication, the members of the University fencing team have to put up with disadvantages which prevent any but the most enthusiastic from taking part in the sport. We do not wonder that the size of the squad appreciably dwindles with the realization of the expenses involved, and that no better record is made in the intercollegiate meets. But the Athletic Committee apparently feels that the general interest in fencing is not great enough to warrant paying the expenses, and until there is a material change from the prevailing conditions, it will probably not change...
...University team handicapped to such an extent. If the Committee feels that there is enough interest to make intercollegiate matches worth while, the expenses of the team should be paid in whole or in part from the general fund. It is perhaps doubtful if this step would make the sport particularly popular, but it would at least be given a fair chance for success...