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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...interview with a CRIMSON reporter yesterday Dean Briggs made the following statement in regard to the future of athletics in the colleges: "I am not opposed to intercollegiate athletics; I have yet to find a reason for abolishing them; but the system needs many changes. I am in sympathy with the resolutions passed by the National Collegiate Athletic Association in the Christmas recess, recommending that University authorities take more direct responsibility for athletics; that physical training and athletic sport be regarded as an important part of education, supervised, as other parts of education are supervised, by a department of instruction...
Students who, because of serious illness or other unavoidable reason, were absent from the final tests at the end of the first term, and who wish to be given make-up examinations, should, if they have not already done so, file petitions immediately at the College Office...
Although there has been a deal of discussion during the past year on the advisability of reorganizing college athletics when the war ended, no plan has been evolved which seems practical enough to warrant any radical change. It was for this reason that the Student Council, in its meeting night before last, advocated a resumption of the pre-war system "with as few changes as possible." With the exception of the fact that certain unessential expenses, such as the southern trip for the baseball team and the prolonged stay at Red Top for the crew, might well be discouraged...
...advantages of participation, as he would find, relatively, in his academic work. He may not row on the first crew any more than he would get all A's--but as fear of missing this latter honor does not deter him from developing his mind, so there seems no reason for him to hesitate to develop his body because it may never bring him an "H". "The fault, dear Brutus," lies not in our athletic system, but in ourselves...
...accept them in substance, with some few reservations, particularly in regard to his idea of a non-paid army. It has long been a serious problem of national policy to find means for providing a better distribution of educational opportunities among the masses of the American people. For that reason we would propose, in conjunction with the military training at the various depots throughout the country, a well ordered and thorough course in industrial education which shall afford to men of suitable capacity and inclination an opportunity for self-betterment and advancement. Some such system as that of Professor John...