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...McEwen opened the debate for the affirmative. We are considering intercollegiate football in a broad sense, he said, and the first objection to the present game is that it is unserviceable to college men as a means of healthy exercise. It should be the object of ever intercollegiate sport to offer an opportunity for beneficial physical development. Judged by this standard intercollegiate football fails to be a benefit to the vast majority, and is a positive detriment to the others. Less than one tenth of the college men today engage in the game, and to the other nine-tenth...
...information of men who desire to take exercise this winter in some form of organized sport, the following summary of the varied opportunities for athletic activity has been made...
...university association football team won its first game from the second team of the Merion Cricket Club of Haverford, last Saturday, by the score of three goals to nothing. The men played well considering that this was their first game, and are taking a lively interest in the sport...
...ended and the floats at the boat houses have been taken up. During the season more men have been on the river than in any previous year, owing to the new system of bumping races, which gave every man an opportunity to row for the sake of the sport. Two University crews have been out every day except Saturday, one Freshman crew, and an average of 15 dormitory eights...
...make every possible effort to turn out a winning team. C. L. Schrader, gymnastic instructor, reviewed the history of basketball in the University, explained some of the essential points of the game, and emphasized the necessity for all men of athletic ability to support this branch of sport...