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Boston University has decided to abolish tug-of war contests at that college...
This open expression of opinion from our conservative contemporary gives encouragement to the hope that this year's meeting will see the abolition of the tug...
...annual business meeting of the Intercollegiate Athletic Association a week from today. Harvard's representatives will again raise the question as to the advisability of dropping the tug-of-war from the list of events contested for the Mott Haven cup. For a number of years Harvard has been consistent in her advocacy of this reform, and for some time the sentiment has been becoming general among the larger colleges against the tug-of-war. Last year Yale, Princeton and Amherst voted with Harvard to drop by event from the program, but the small colleges and Columbia defeated the motion...
...Intercollegiate Athletic Association officers will be held as usual the last Saturday of this month, February 27, at New York. Harvard representatives will raise the question as to the advisability of substituting the safety bicycle for the ordinary, of adding a three mile running race, and of dropping the tug...
...speaking of the advisability of entering a tug-of-war team, Capt. Vredenburg is quoted as saying that Princeton will support Harvard and Yale in making every effort to do away with this sport, but he doubts whether they could carry their point, owing to the opposition of the smaller colleges. He also said that an effort would be made to strike the bicycle races from the list of events, and that, in spite of Harvard's antagonism, there is some chance that the scheme may prove successful. Some of the most promising candidates are given below...