Word: athleticism
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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This kindred spirit, President Angell says, is to spring from such things as friendship for fellow members, the beauty and attractiveness of the buildings, athletic and other rivalries, and the houses as havens for returning alumni. This may all well be, yet it emphasizes a tendency too easily succumbed to...
Other undergraduate activities are represented in the registration envelope and there would seem to be no legitimate reason why the Athletic Association should not take advantage of this means to facilitate its service to a very large proportion of the University.
Sooner or later the college athletic associations which subscribe to the principle of athletics for all will provide the opportunity to play football for the little fellows. Under the present system, average players of small size give up the game in droves after entering college.
The light man is under the same handicap in football as in rowing and it would seem that the 150-pound plan is particularly adaptable to the gridiron. It has as a matter of fact, been considered by various college athletic associations.
Athletic Director William J. Bingham of Harvard recently discussed its feasibility at a weekly meeting of the college physical instructors, and it is possible that something will be done this fall in connection with dormitory football.