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Under "Topics of the Day," the Advocate discusses "The Removal of Athletes from Probation." and "Ungentlemanliness in Memorial." What the Advocate has to say about the former topic is well said and the concluding paragraph strikes such an admirable key-note to the whole that we cannot forbear to quote...
The action of the administrative board on the petition for the release of certain of the foot ball players from probation is gratifying for several reasons, but for none so much as because it shows again that the relation between students and faculty is one of close understanding and sympathy...
At the very outset it should be said that a very large majority of the men in college approve of the faculty regulation which lays restrictions on men who have neglected their college work. We recognize its justice, and take pride in the fact that Harvard stands as a leader...
There is unquestionably a strong feeling in college that the men on probation have conformed in spirit to faculty rules; that they lost their standing from no wilful desire to neglect college work: one of them was careless and the others unfortunate; that this fall they have shown an honest...
The lesson from the experience of these men is certainly an impressive one for athletic men. It may seriously be questioned whether the enforcement of the lesson to the extent of keeping the men off the eleven altogether will make it more impressive. Athletic men see plainly that they must...