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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...seems clear that athletics are likely to remain an important element in the education, etc., of our universities. This or that branch of contest may be modified or even abandoned. Foot-ball may be so qualified that in no possible event can personal in jury to an opponent be made an advantage. It may even be decided that the boat races are on the whole too expensive-offering no opportunity for pecuniary return from the spectators-and too exacting of the crew, by their over-long course of training, and by excluding them from the festivities and graduation events...
...tennis), is first and second, and that the time is opportune to make the change suggested. It may be said with force that tennis is a game of individuals rather than of a team, and that the same is partially true of track athletics. If these two were to remain as they are, it would not seriously interfere with the ideas of this article...
...this plan, besides a possible international contest now and then with Oxford or Cambridge, there would be quite enough to satisfy the claims of athletics. Thus there will remain, say four games of base-ball-two at Cambridge and two at New Haven, and a fifth on neutral ground if necessary; the race at New London; the foot-ball game at the polo grounds, and, if thought best, one in Jarvis field and one on Yale athletic grounds; in addition, track athlects and tennis at New Haven and Cambridge, one at each place and alternating-or, these contests could remain...
...school. Therefore we are emphatically opposed to any scheme which shall pledge any portion of the school to any particular college, or which shall in any way tend to increase the size of the delegation to any college. Feeling as we do in the matter, we cannot remain silent. We would urge the men who have the movement in charge to carefully consider its full import before taking any definite action...
...number of petitions for changes of electives which have been granted, remain in the hands of the secretary. They will not take effect until countersigned by the instructors whose classes are to be joined...