Word: interest
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...unlikely that the Harvard-Columbia races will be resumed, it now seems certain that, in rowing at least, the anticipated dual league will be a reality this year. Even since the withdrawal of Yale and Harvard from the intercollegiate association, the New London race has been growing in interest and importance until now it holds the first place in the spring contests. In the past the races with the smaller colleges have aroused no great enthusiasm and have only detracted from the interest in the great race. Yale's decisive action in this matter shows her desire to form...
...Others See Us" is a collection of clippings from various college papers on the football question. It presents in three pages what might have been presented in a column by judicious condensation. It may be of interest to those who do not see any outside college papers, but is wholly outside the class of articles the Advocate professes to devote itself...
...third of a very interesting series of papers on Students' Athletic Management appeared in last Friday's New York Evening Post. This paper is devoted almost exclusively to the financial aspects of athletics here, and treats the matter so fully and concisely that a few extracts will be of interest to the college at large. After explaining the personnel and duties of the Committee on the Regulation of Athletic Sports. commonly known as the Athletic committee, the writer goes on to explain the duties of the graduate treasurer, and the causes which led to the establishment of that office. After...
...These intercollegiate contests prevent a general physical culture among the students. The moment there is a " 'varsity team" in training the whole athletic interest centres in it; the time that should be given to vigorous exercise is given to a humpbacked watching of the practicing team from the fence or stand. This is no small evil, this making a concentrated extract of athlete; it is bad for the extract and bad for the residuum...
...These contests and their results attract a class of fellows to college that have no proper place there. The consequences are that a bad tone, morally and intellectually, is given to the college, interest in scholarly pursuits is decreased, degrees are given to many without the slightest real claim. Instead of an atmosphere of scholarship, the tendency is towards an atmosphere of professional training. The professors find little responsiveness in their class rooms, become disgusted, and do not give out the best that is in them...