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...importance to football all out of proportion to its real value. It demands practically the exclusive attention of the squad for more than two months, and for almost as long absorbs the interest of a vast crowd of sideline shouters; and it disregards the real object of College sport--a general participation in healthful exercise for recreation and larger acquaintance. It is worth while considering whether the whole system of athletics should not be changed, either to one completely intra-college, or, as suggested by Mr. R. A. Derby '05, in the "Outlook" for October...
...considering the objections against successful football we can see nothing which is inconsistent with our ideals of sport. True, we do not wish to inaugurate recruiting stations in the preparatory schools, although there is no harm in urging upon our friends the advantages of this institution. We believe that Harvard can turn out winning teams with the material which naturally comes to us, provided that football coaching is so systematized that we can make the best of our resources. At present our object is to beat Yale in football, and as long as undergraduates are united upon that point, there...
Because of the intense interest and hearty support which the undergraduate body have in past years given their football teams it is only fair that the sport should be considered partly theirs as well as the players, and their wishes taken into account. They wish to have a winning team, and are helping to effect this. However, they would do well to consider what is best for the teams which they help turn out, and I think that they should consider thoroughly the points brought out in the communication printed in the CRIMSON of November...
...football is to be played as a sport just for exercise it makes little difference what is done, but if it is a game in which a great part of the sport,--to Harvard men both players and supporters,--is a successful outcome and at least an even percentage of victories over powerful rivals, it must be one in which the efficiency of the players both individually and collectively is developed to the highest possible pitch...
...anyone satisfied with Saturday's game? We hope not. After giving all due praise to the men who played so brilliantly, who can declare that any individual excellence will compensate for a defeat by Yale? Possibly the ideal of sport is a game in which the fun of playing eclipses the desire for victory. However unfortunately constituted, no real American team can feel that they have accomplished their purpose unless they at least break even with their strongest opponents...