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There are men of power and insight who condemn the University teams for their effect upon both these elements; for, they say, the strenuous physical work of athletes exhausts their vitality to a point where serious application to academic pursuits is impossible. They assert, moreover, that interest in the games draws the attention of every undergraduate away from his studies...
...thoroughly bad reputation among men of all ages, among men who have known it intimately or who have watched it closely as well as among less well-informed persons, it becomes the duty of those who are responsible for its existence to prove-and not merely to assert-publicly that the reputation is undeserved. If they cannot do that, it is their duty to see that the causes for disapproval are at once removed. In the present case they must further show that the existence of such a Freshman club is not directly opposed to President Lowell's efforts...
...might finish in three years by a proper arrangement of their courses prefer instead to take four years, and that the chance of taking part in athletics for an extra year is the principal inducement to such men, is not so easy of proof. We venture to assert, however, that the cases in which, for the sake of athletics, men take an unnecessary year to get their degrees are more numerous than the case in which men are lost to the teams by leaving College ahead of the majority of their class...
...football coaches and players to determine the means by which the danger of injuries may be minimized. Most critics assert that the serious injuries occur in mass plays; if this is true the obvious remedy is to introduce more open play by removing the restrictions which now make the forward pass such an uncertain and desperate expedient. The last game on Soldiers Field showed how seldom this play will be used as long as, it is hedged about by limitations which make it a mere last resource. Such a change would also satisfy those who want a more spectacular contest...
...last seven years, compared in another column, will show what the development of a strong cross-country team has done for Cornell. We believe that we are justified in assuming that the same advantages are at our disposal, if we will only seize them. Moreover, the coaches assert that cross-country training is the only means to produce first-class distance runners, and yet some contemplate the abolition of this sport. If experience had not proved otherwise, it would seem unnecessary to say that the trouble with our cross-country teams lies solely in inadequate coaching, and we believe that...