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...that the cups authorized by the Athletic Committee for the members of the Freshman football team are ready for delivery and I take this occasion to say that I am glad to see this recognition of the fine spirit of the team and of the good exhibition of amateur sport last fall. It is always a pleasure to have a team go through the season with a clean record on the field and in the college work. Your men have shown us what can be done under good leadership and first rate discipline...
...Princeton faculty has passed a rule prohibiting any student from competing in any branch of sport as a member of an athletic club team...
...feature, however, of the system, as it has existed for some years past, should be carefully guarded against, especially if the scope of gymnastic training is to expand still further. Work in the gymnasium is too apt to become separated from outdoor sport. It should be a means toward the real end, open air exercise, but it is too often looked upon as itself...
...certain seasons of the year, outdoor exercise is impossible and indoor work becomes necessary. Unfortunately, also, some individuals find themselves unable to enter upon the usual fields of sport, without preliminary training on the machines. In general, however, a man of ordinary health and fair development can build up his system by football, baseball, rowing, tennis, or any other sport which teaches him quickness of eye and command of his muscles in proportion to their growth, far more efficiently than he can build it up in a gymnasium. The ideal use of the gymnasium is the preliminary crew training...
...athletic meeting at the B. A. A. this evening promises to be by far the most interesting event of the season in the way of winter sport. The fact that Harvard is entered in two intercollegiate relay races, and will match her strength in other events with some of the best college athletes in the country, will justify a good representation from Cambridge among the spectators. It is unfortunate that the increased entry-fees should have made the number of Harvard contestants so much smaller than in past years, but that is the more reason why those who are entered...