Word: reasons
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Faculty and athletic committee insist upon abolishing winter intercollegiate sports, no doubt for the first year an attempt will be made at intracollegiate sport; but such a form of competition has never been a distinct success, for the reason that such victories that might be gained are never satisfying to the healthy-minded undergraduate. The satisfaction of contact and occasional victory in honest rivalry make intercollegiate contests interesting, and as soon as the chief motive for competing is absent, the effect will be evident...
...always furnished exercise and recreation for a large number of men who are unable to take part in the major sports. The total number of men who take part in minor sports may not be as great as those who take part in major sports. But is that any reason for completely abolishing them? They are just as important to those who are interested in them, and form just as much an integral part of their college life as do the major sports, and their loss would be just as great to a large number of men. If curtailment there...
...myth, poetical enough in itself to fascinate all poets. If the success of any drama is its suitability for stage presentation, then "Sappho and Phaon." as has been proved in New York, fails, but so also must the dramas of Browning and Tennyson and Swinburne be called failures. The reasons are obvious: it is too long-I think that the version given by Miss Kalisch was liberally cut down; it is too far removed from actuality; it has too little action: it is too poetical. Even the exaggerated popularity of Sothern and Marlowe could hardly have supported this play...
...bill has been referred to the Committee on Education and there is reason to believe it will become...
...year will be held in the Stadium this afternoon at 4 o'clock. This competition was formerly run off in the spring handicap games, but is held separately this year in order to give Coach Lathrop one more opportunity to pick the best men in this event. For this reason the 440-yard run in the handicap games will be scratch this year. The Wells cup has been held the past year by H. Watson '10. The final heats will be held Saturday at 3 o'clock...