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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Professor Munro left the University last spring, and has been attached to the training and instruction branch of the War Department in Washington with the rank of major...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Munro to Address 1922 Debaters | 1/29/1919 | See Source »

Careful consideration should be given to the suggestion of Major Moore that tennis be raised to the rank of a major sport. The college world is firmly agreed that some place shall be created in the athletic system for the great majority of students who formerly took their exercise, willingly or unwillingly, by proxy in the stands. As Major Moore further suggests, the successful solution of the problem is more likely to lie in the popularization of games rather than in any form of calisthenics that might be offered...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TENNIS. | 1/27/1919 | See Source »

...advancing of tennis to a major sport is regarded as necessary to effectively encourage it among the students in the University then the change should be made. The solution of the athletic problem appears to lie in the direction of popularization of sports, and it must be those sports which are not as severe in demands upon physique, time, and coaching service as are the present major ones. On the whole, we believe that Major Moore has come very near to the correct solution of the problem...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TENNIS. | 1/27/1919 | See Source »

...Tuesday there were eighteen candidates for the six major offices of 1920 and 1921. Of this number five were nominated by petitions in the Sophomore class, while of the Junior nominees none were chosen by petition. When the lists of candidates for election, largely selected by the class officers in accordance with the constitution, were made public, there remained no further opportunity for nominations by petition...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: RE CLASS NOMINATIONS. | 1/25/1919 | See Source »

Authorities at Yale are making every effort to stimulate interest in both major and minor sports among the undergraduates. Their chief difficulty lies in the fact that many experienced members of the Athletic Association are absent, and in the present lack of funds to carry on the athletics. However, the first crew practice was held last Monday, and the hockey team has been working for two weeks on the out-door rink. The manager has arranged for a game almost every week...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: COLLEGE SPORTS REVIVING | 1/24/1919 | See Source »

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