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...meeting of the Inter-House Athletic Committee held yesterday, a resolution was passed establishing Phillips Brooks House as the nominal athletic headquarters of all upperclassmen not residing in one of the seven Houses. The new plan of commuter-athletics will go into effect immediately, and the former system of Rambler teams will be automatically discontinued...
...main change from the old system of Rambler teams is that, under the new plan, the various teams of non residents, bearing the name Phillips Brooks House, may participate in the inter-House championship competitions on the same basis as any of the other seven Houses. They are, likewise, entitled to any cups or awards, which they may win. In addition to using the name Phillips Brooks House as a sort of legalizing machine, the commuters will still have the use of a room in the building itself, where for the last few years they have gathered in their free...
...percent of the upperclassmen in the group take part in college athletics. According to the report 31 per cent of the remainder would like to share in intramural sports if a convenient opportunity were provided. Theoretically, any man not a House-resident can play on one of the Rambler teams in the intramural league games. Probably, however, the organization of Brooks House teams as regular contestants in the inter-House sports would make it easier for commuters to share in athletics. It would certainly help to produce the solidarity among members of the teams which counts for so much...
...establishment of Brooks House teams, probably composed entirely of commuters, need not bring the abandonment of the Ramblers. If among the dropped Freshmen and other men who are neither commuters nor House residents there are enough to form teams in all sports or only in one or two, there is no reason why they should not organize a Rambler team and hold a regular place in the intramural sport program...
...establishment of Brooks House teams, probably composed entirely of commuters, need not bring the abandonment of the Ramblers. If among the dropped Freshmen and other men who are neither commuters nor House residents there are enough to form teams in all sports or only in one or two, there is no reason why they should not organize a Rambler team and hold a regular place in the intramural sport program...