Word: reasons
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...make the efforts worth while. Last year successful scrub series were played in both the winter games, giving exercise and enjoyment to 70 men in basketball, and to 60 men who preferred the outdoor sport. Beside the actual pleasure to be derived from the games, there is every reason to hope that this year the entry list will be greater than ever before. It is only by actual proofs that we can show the skeptical that intercollegiate games are not absorbing more than their due share of interest in athletics...
...hearty response should follow the appeal of the captain and manager of the University track team for more candidates. There are plenty of men who would be glad to get the exercise and fun, but who hesitate for one reason or another to take part in organized athletics. We see them jogging out Brattle street or Massachusetts avenue any pleasant afternoon. It is the plain duty of these men, and of all others who can spare the time, with or without experience, to report to Coach Lathrop at once. The increased competition will add to the success of the Winter...
...Oxford Athletic Club has declined the challenge of the Intercollegiate Association of Amateur Athletes of America for an international track meet between the universities and colleges of the United States and those of the British Empire to be held at London with the Olympic games in 1908. The only reason given for the declination is "insuperable difficulties...
Experience has shown that scrub games are needed, that the undergraduates want them, and that there is plenty of room for them to flourish. There is every reason to hope that the hockey management will do its share and waste no time in organizing a series such as the one that proved so successful last year...
...This insures the entire three buildings for Juniors, a very desirable situation attained now for the first time in the history of the Senior dormitory scheme. The Corporation has made this additional concession with the intention of giving the plan a fair and thorough trial; but there is not reason to believe the privilege will be renewed in case the present Junior class fails to fill the buildings...