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...Faculty at Brown proposes to change the academic year from three terms to two. It also proposes to abolish the senior vacation in the early summer on the ground that the example of idle seniors is pernicious to the rest of the college...
...answer to all this, the H. A. A. management may very likely say: "That is all very well in theory, but if we abolish this rule and consequently our sole source of revenue, how are track athletics going to be supported?" They may claim that our answer rests on a matter as yet wholly in the air. But surely, if one can read the signs, the time when all the 'varsity teams will be mutually self-supporting is not far off. The graduate treasurer speaks most encouragingly of it; everything points to it. Cannot the Harvard Athletic Association trust...
...race with ordinary bicycles, Harvard gained a few more supporters but not enough to carry the motion. The question of the tug-of-war, like that of the safeties, meant a change in the constitution, and required, therefore, a two-thirds vote. This meant that in order to abolish the tug-of-war the motion would have to be carried by a vote of 8 to 4. The vote was 8 to 4, but in favor of keeping the tug-of-war. The three larger colleges, Yale, Princeton and Harvard, besides Amherst, voted for its abolition...
Harvard, then, would like to abolish the tug-of-war as being a dangerous sport. It seems probable, however, that the smaller colleges will vote solidly against such a movement. A solution of the question would be for Harvard to hold annual games with Yale in track athletics as she does in boating. Such a course would by no means prevent Harvard from meeting the other colleges...
Harvard will make a proposition to abolish the tug-of-war from the list of Mott Haven events, and it is said that Yale is favorable to this idea...