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...eyes of his older schoolmates. He does this for pleasure; but if he finds no fun in it, he does it because he must. He will be punished if he doesn't, either by the scorn of his fellows or the kicks of the upperclassmen. He has his sport for five or six years until he loves it, and until he reaches the university. It has then become habitual. At college he is sought after. The rivalries between the twenty and more colleges in each university are so great upon the river, the cricket and football fields, and elsewhere that...
...there is health and life and sport and friendship, stern endeavor, courage, endurance and noble purpose in all this, and with it all often the best scholarship, for the athlete is fitted for hard study. Mens sana in corpore sano. There are doubtless athletes who do little studying, but there are few students who take no regular exercise...
...Athletic Committee, at a meeting held last evening, voted that article two, rule seven, of the regulations on athletics, which states that no student shall be allowed to represent the University in more than two of the three periods of sport in any one year, shall apply to Freshmen as well as to men eligible for University teams...
...basketball squad was increased to 93 men last night, making the largest squad which has ever come out for this sport in the University. The work in practice was spirited and showed a great improvement over that of the night before. There was very little preliminary work, nearly all the time being spent in scrimmages. The Junior team, which appears to be the furthest developed at the present time, tried a system of signals for plays from the toss up and worked them with fair success...
...convenience 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...