Word: minority
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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With the elevation of polo to the status of a minor sport, about 30 men have signified their desire to come out for this sport. In the majority of cases these men have never played polo before but are experienced riders. A beginners class in polo will be formed in the spring, to which all men in the University are eligible. Of the new men on the squad who are not taking military training, J. J. Mapes '25 in particular is showing up well...
...decline of interest in minor sports in the University since the war has been noticeable in no one sport more than in lacrosse. And in view of the former popularity and success of lacrosse at Harvard, this development is surprising. Everyone, does not remember that the University won six times and shared twice, the Championship of the Intercollegiate League in the eleven years preceding 1916--although the recent lack of complete success is not unfamiliar. But apparently, lacrosse has achieved a gruesome and quite undeserved reputation for savage ferocity, and even the boldest spirits are dismayed by the prospect...
...vast majority of our fellow citizens, the great masses of the people, obtain their idea of American justice from the minor courts, from the magistrates' courts, from municipal courts, the tribunals that are well called the poor man's courts. Here is a special trust of the lawyers to use their full influence to assure an inexpensive, speedy, expert administration of justice where the courts most frequently touch the lives of the plain people...
...stalemate, the comparative scores for the intervening three weeks shed little more light. Harvard defeated by a 2-1 margin the same Tiger Outfit that four days later shut out Yale 1-0, but in turn the Crimson slumped, and bowed to Dartmouth 4-3. In the minor games the Elis downed B. U. 6-0, Williams 5-0, and Cornell 4-3, while the Crimson was taking an 8-1 pasting from the B. A. A. and beating Hamilton...
...athletic world, the most noteworthy single event was the elevation of polo to the status of a minor sport. All members of the College and Engineering School are invited to compete for places on the team...