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...intra-mural sports were substituted entirely for the present system of intercollegiate competition," he continued, "there would not be the training which is such an important factor in the system in vogue today. Indifference about practice and training would be the inevitable aftermath of such an innovation, and we would lose the outstanding feature--discipline Furthermore, in the event that five or six of the best players were quartered in the same dormitory, the competition would be obviously unfair I maintain that intercollegiate contests with Yale are necessary in order to maintain a standard of discipline and training which...
...their being overemphasized. "Our budget reaches no such proportions," said Major Moors when the reporter quoted from $20,000 to $40,000 as the reported figure of the cost for a season, "for outside of the Princeton trip there is no large item which would not exist in intra-mural competition. The coaching would not be so varied and intensive perhaps, but under the present system men are prepared in the same manner as candidates for the University squad. Skilled supervision such as we give is distinctly to the advantage of men as a means of instilling discipline and training...
...follow with a resume of the present program for Freshmen and the opportunity that is open for all men in the University for exercise. Mr. Fradd will present the special exercise program for men who suffer from various physical handicaps. Mr. Kelly will describe the general plan of intra-mural athletics, including the inter-dormitory competitions organized for Freshmen, in a brief speech. He will also answer questions that have a bearing on the conduct of intercollegiate athletics in the University...
...inter-mural sport, however, boxing offers splendid possibilities for development. Its restriction to University men climinates most of the objectionable features; the organization of a Freshman Interdormitory contest is a first step toward the popularization of a sport that probably pays larger dividends to the individual participant than any other. At the same time, the direction of boxing into this channel conforms to the growing tendency to eliminate as far as possible an undue emphasis on intercollegiate contests. Major Moore's statement that the Athletic Committee will probably not reconsider its decision on the status of boxing in the University...
Coincident with the opening of the Sargent exhibition in Manhattan, his mural in the Boston Public Library, entitled The Synagogue, was found to be splashed with ink. The painting, representing a woman on the steps of a ruined temple, her crown falling from her head, and clutching in her arms the tablets of Moses and a broken scepter, has been the subject of violent controversy between the civil authorities and prominent Jews who regard it as an insult to their faith. The identity of the ink-thrower is as yet unrevealed, but His aim was not equal to his ardor...