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...participate in these sports. The Athletic Committee, however, " all trained athletes as well as cultured men," know full well that the great obstacle to exercise is not the " scientific accuracy which debars the general student from an enjoyable sport," but the limited area of land devoted to out-door sports. With additional land at command, class nines and elevens would have been formed long ago from policy, just as the class crews were. As a matter of fact, since the first restrictions were laid on base-ball, no larger number have played base-ball than before. The changes introduced...
...thus giving the sons of the poorest and humblest men in the country a fair chance of filling places in the government service, which had previously been reserved for the younger sons of the gentry with such rigor that John Bright once called that service "a vast system of out-door relief for the British aristocracy." Indeed, it was said that "in England the opening of the civil and military service, in its influence upon the national education, was equivalent to a hundred thousand scholarships and exhibitions of the most valuable kind...
...that those who are accustomed to give the proper attention to exercise in the gymnasium during the winter months, should feel that their time can be spent to better advantage at present in the open air than in the gymnasium. No season of the year is more favorable to out-door exercise than the cool period of autumn. It is perhaps of greater interest to the student to take advantage of the benefits arising from exercise in the open air than to devote his time to the gymnasium. But the great danger to be feared is that in neglecting...
...Harvard, would undoubtedly be a step toward raising the interest of athletics at large in our college. During the time that he took an active interest in athletics, he was a prominent member of the Union Athletic club of Boston, and won many prizes in almost every description of out-door sports. Since his retirement from the track he has trained men with marked success purely from a lively interest in, and love of the sport, and the fact that his timing of records is accepted by the National Association of American Athletes, is a proof of his high standing...
...After an existence of scarcely more than a dozen years on this side of the water, it has taken a firm hold, and the number of its devotees is rapidly increasing. Combining, as it does, the requisites of exercise, amusement, and excitement, it offers strong inducements to lovers of out-door sports. The popularity of the sport is shown by the existence of the American Canoe Association, which now has a membership of over eight hundred, which is rapidly increasing. This association holds annual meets, which are attended by a large number of gentlemen from both the United States...