Word: major
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...leading universities and colleges of America decide to make lawn tennis a major sport, as now seems likely, the action will mean almost as much to the future good of the game as an entire season of interesting competitions...
...just such a condition that the traditions of collegiate major sport would remedy. A man wearing his college let- ter would think twice before allowing himself to be beaten simply because he was weary and out of breath. A little more of the never-say-die spirit, as promulgated by the collegiate code of honor, would help both the standards of tennis and its popularity with the "red-blooded" variety of sport lover...
...committee which submits the report is composed of Langdon P. Marvin '98, chairman; Major-General Leonard Wood, M. D., '84; Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Franklin D. Roosevelt '03, Eliot Wadsworth '98, joint chairman of the Harvard Endowment Fund Committee; Arthur Woods '92, formerly Police Commissioner of New York city, and recently assistant to the Secretary of War; Henry S. Drinker, President of Lehigh University; Ira N. Hollis, Hon. A. M. '99; Samuel D. Parker '91, George Baty Blake '93, Amos Tuck French '80, George C. Shattuck '01, Alexander Whiteside '95, Grenville Clark...
...petition to make tennis a major sport, the Council voted: (1) that it was not in favor of establishing tennis on the basis of a major sport; (2) that it was in favor of the Athletic Association procuring a tennis coach, if that is possible, and (3) that it was in favor of granting the major letter to the winners of the singles and doubles in an intercollegiate tournament. A committee was appointed to draft the opinion of the Student Council on the subject, which resolution would be forwarded to the Athletic Committee...
...addition to the members elected yesterday the Council is made up of: the presidents of the Senior, Junior, and Sophomore classes; the captains and managers of the five major sports teams, the chief executive officers of the Advocate, Lampoon, and CRIMSON; three representatives from the Phi Beta kappa Society; the president of the Phillips Brooks House Association; a representative of the foreign students of the University; the president of the Debating Council; and the president of the Instrumental Clubs. All the men holding these offices are expected to attend...