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FRESHMAN CREW.- The following Freshman crew candidates take the strength test this afternoon: 2 o'clock, Endicont; 2.10, Lawrence; 2.20, Brown; 2.30, Jirus; 2.40, Whitney; 2.50, Perry; 3, Higbee; 3.10, Stearns; 3.20, Pease; 3.30, Morse; 3.40, Harper; 3.50, MacKay; 4, Burton...
...that the upper classes have a higher percentage than the lower, and the classical side is better than the English. The conclusions can be drawn from a study of the figures; that football success is not incompatible with scholarship; that football is an intellectual game, and not merely a test of physical strength, and that the active scholarship rule is favorable not only to scholarship, but also to football success, particularly in view of the excellent record made by this team on the football field last fall...
ITHACA, N. Y., Jan. 12.- Without unreasonable inconvenience, rowing three races was out of the question and rowing two races in two different places was to be avoided. Cornell was concerned about two things-first, a place for a fair and complete test; second, an arrangement whereby she could meet all competitors. The rumor that at an informal meeting of the captains at Albany, Cornell demanded an agreement for a term of years, is not true. Captain Colson had no instructions to demand anything of the sort...
...well-known fact that the physical test required for the football team has raised the physical standard of the Freshman class during the last two years. But there are a great many men for whom neither football nor any of the other sports offer any incentive to physical development. Such men can not be allowed to go through College without a development of body, as well as of mind, and, it seems to me, one of the plans suggested by Dr. Sargent should be immediately adopted...
...present system there is absolutely no way of judging what skill any competitor has in rebuttal, since each man makes but one five minute speech in which there is usually no pretence at replication of any kind. The only attempt that has ever been made in any competion to test the candidates on rebuttal was three years ago, when a scheme was hastily formulated on the evening of the first trial by which five men were chosen. These men spoke afterwards in rebuttal against five other men, three men being then chosen. Why this plan was abandoned was never explained...