Word: minority
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...minor sports coach for the last seven years I feel that the Student Council has not made a good recommendation as far as my sports--tennis and squash--are involved. I wish to have it understood that I refer only to those two sports. Reasons...
...According to the Council's logic, there is no reason, other than financial, for retaining major sports teams if minor are scrapped. And why retain the major sports that are not self-supporting? The fact that tennis and squash are classed as minor is scarcely a condemnation--or is it? Interest in them is just as high as in any major sport...
This is the first of a series of articles attempting to present undergraduate reaction to the Student Council's athletic report designed to abolish all minor and junior Varsity (except football and crew) sports...
Major and minor Crimson captains have presented a united front in condemning the Student Council's athletic report released Monday which advises the gradual abolition of all minor and Jayvee (except football and crew) sports, and the incorporation of all these sports (with their coaches) into House Athletic Program...
Terbert H. Macdonald '40, captain elect of the football squad expressed the feelings of several athletic leaders when he declared that the Council's plan would "kill out interest in a lot of minor sports here at Harvard." He also mentioned the coaching angle (which proved to be a popular rallying point for opponents of the plan) and said that it would be impossible for a coach to spread his time over a group of House teams and do as good a job as he would on but one intercollegiate squad...