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...Hall. This transfer of courts from Holmes Field has greatly increased the congestion on Soldiers Field, and taken two diamonds formerly used for scrub baseball or the so-called "Leiter Cup Series." The Athletic Committee is desirous of developing Soldiers Field as soon as possible in order to encourage sport among undergraduates, who wish to take part without severe training or excessive expenditure of time
...relations are a unifying force, an education, and a necessity; that material reduction in the number of contests without the co-operation of our rivals will not only place us at a hopeless disadvantage, but will be the death-blow to intercollegiate athletics in at least two branches of sport...
...prophesy. We have great faith in the efficiency of the Athletic Committee and of Mr. Garcelon to deal with the athletic problem to the satisfaction of all. The Committee knows best just what reforms are needed, and just what reductions are possible without injuring the status of the sport. It has done a great deal to eliminate some of the chief objections to intercollegiate sport, and it will undoubtedly do more. In the end its aim is to be a leader in necessary reform; but such reform is possible only from the inside and by "staying in the game...
...interested in secondary rowing. the new club house is amply fitted up for the convenience of its members--and more comfortable quarters could not be asked for. With our splendid new equipment nothing further is needed, except the hearty support of every man who believes in out-door sport under ideal conditions. Singles, pair-oars, four-oars and eight-oars are at the disposal of the members, who will be formed into a more solid organization than ever before; and made personally responsible for the well-being of the club. We all know how solidly intracollegiate athletics are now being...
...another column this morning we publish the protest of a Senior against the so-called two-sport rule, which, it is claimed, seriously handicapped the swimming team in its recent meet with Yale. Without the services of an experienced swimmer, who had played football during the fall and wished to take part in the more important contests of the spring, the team was undoubtedly at a considerable disadvantage. We are inclined to doubt the extent of injury that the rule has done, but here certainly is a specific instance of its harmful possibilities. Our contributor is right in stating that...