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...from the long period of restless changing of coaches that has accompanied an effort to maintain a policy (if such it may be called) that is incompatible with those of our competitors. The new football committee, appointed by Captain Burr, is a move toward permanence in the branch of sport that needs it most, and just as we begin to see light ahead we are confronted by a scheme that, if adopted by Harvard alone, as it is too likely to be, will place us in a worse position than we have yet been...
...first day's practice last winter. We do not believe that the track situation is in as serious a condition as these figures would indicate, and we hope that the next few days will bring the squad up to its normal size. In track more than in any other sport the apparently hopeless candidates have been given individual attention. This has been due partly to the fact that men are able to report at various times during the day, but more to the unflagging interest of coaches and trainer in men who, in most cases, take part in track athletics...
...held, but the successful candidate must, as a rule, be picked by the manager. Last year a check was placed upon him by the agreement among the managers of the major teams that the manager in question must nominate three candidates for election by the "H" men of the sport and the other captains. It is perhaps too soon to determine the actual value of this provision, but we believe that, even if successful as a check, it has not obviated all of the unfairness complained...
This is the season of the year when the largest number of men indulge in no form of exercise. The limited facilities of the Gymnasium do not attract except as a necessary means of training for some sport. Scrub hockey and basketball are not very generally supported, and winter track work is too often regarded solely as a preparation for the coming season. Although the various managers have done much in the past and can do still more to encourage secondary athletics in their respective branches by organizing and conducting series of games, the stimulus must come from the interest...
...benefit of men who desire to take part this winter in some form of organized sport, the following summary of the varied opportunities for athletic activity is given...