Word: springing
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Dean Briggs went to New Haven yesterday to discuss plans for spring athletics with the authorities of Yale and Princeton, which universities will be represented by Dean McClenahan of Princeton, and Professor Robert N. Corwin, chairman of the Yale Board of Athletic Control. An attempt will be made to frame an understanding in regard to all spring sports, but special emphasis will be laid on baseball and rowing...
That the University in has complete abolition of major sport teams has been in the wrong is useless to deny. It is hoped that those in control will be broad-mined enough to realize the mistake before spring and that we shall again have a baseball nine, a track team and a crew representing the University and taking part in outside contests under the West Point system...
According to a statement in the Princetonian, Yale will have formal teams in baseball, crew and track this spring. This new decision was made by the advisory committee on athletics, of which Professor Robert N. Corwin is chairman. The committee decided some time ago that athletics would be conducted on an informal basis, as was football last fall, but as a result of many conferences within the past few weeks, the policy has been altered...
Newell Boathouse will not be open until spring because of the fuel shortage. When the squad reports the rowing tank, however, will be opened, even though the remainder of the building is not heated. Several sets of rowing machines have recently been transferred from Newell to the Locker Building...
...order to meet the country's need for workers next summer in various branches of national service, two Eastern colleges have decided to terminate the college year much earlier next spring than usual. Pennsylvania State College will close on April 23, with commencement exercises on the 24th, while Brown University will change its calendar entirely, condensing the college year into a much shorter period without losing any classroom or laboratory work. Commencement day for Brown will come on Wednesday, May 29. Pennsylvania State will have no Easter vacations as a result of this arrangement, while that of Brown has been...