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...athletics. President Eliot's address was a statement of his own opinion with regard to athletics and their place, and also an exposition of the position of the Corporation. He was preceded by Professor Hollis of the Athletic Committee, who spoke of the functions of that body, in part, as follows...
...malarial than Soldiers. It was once a swamp. But now there is no more risk of illness on Soldiers than on Holmes. The time for a new boat house is not far away. Then all the interests will be centered on Soldiers, and there will be no more attractive part of the University...
President Eliot followed Professor Hollis, and said in part: The Corporation is an historical body, and has a well established policy, but we do not have to do with its history more than thirty years back. Then there was but one play ground, the Delta. In 1869, Memorial Hall was planned and Jarvis Field with other land was bought for athletics. Then came Soldiers Field and the Longfellow gift. The Corporation wishes to provide ample ground for out-door exercises. The present Corporation consists of seven men all successful in their callings. They know what every student needs...
...President, however, in the course of his remarks, spoke of the spirit in which teams should go into their contests, and discouraged the idea of organized cheering on the part of the undergraduates in order to support the men and help them to do better work. He said that a team ought not to need this kind of support; that it ought to accustom itself to playing under disadvantages, and that it ought to play even better when on the field of a rival team than when in Cambridge. These are, no doubt, the conditions under which an ideal team...