Word: periods
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...athletic are under consideration, and before the next meeting of the Athletic Committee on Monday, we should like to see a sane discussion of these questions in communications to the CRIMSON. Of the rules which we believe should be changed, two are especially objectionable. The first is the two-period rule which prevents men from taking part in more than two seasons of University sport during any one academic year; the other is the regulation by which men who have been graduated from the College in three years and who are registered in the graduate departments, are prevented from taking...
...their lack of interest lies in the game itself. Played on a hard floor in a poorly ventilated hall, it is naturally not as attractive as out-of-door exercise, and the games often more closely resemble free fights than friendly contests between amateur teams. Although the two-period rule may possibly prevent some men from going out, it can not account for the general attitude, and its abolition would be no considerable factor toward the success of the team. At other eastern colleges, notably Yale and Brown, similar disapproval has been expressed, but the teams have nevertheless received better...
...period rule only applies to a very few men, but to such men and the teams to which they rightfully belong, it works great injustice...
Professor Edward Channing '78 will repeat his talk on "Political Pamphlets of the American Revolution" in the Treasure Room of the Library this afternoon at 3 o'clock. This talk will be given in connection with the exhibition of books of the Revolutionary period, which was opened yesterday in Gore Hall. The collection will be on view to members of the University today from 10 A.M. to 3 P.M.; persons not members of the University will be welcome in the afternoon, if they will apply for cards at the desk in the Delivery Room...
With the growth in importance of the minor sports, the injustice of the two-period rule has become more and more apparent. In October, 1904, the Athletic Committee, believing that the undergraduates were devoting too much time and thought to athletics to the detriment of their college work, decided that no man should represent the University in more than two of the three periods of athletics in any one year. They were unwilling, as was stated by Professor White two years ago, "to countenance the continuous devotion to athletics and the amount of absenteeism involved in membership on some University...