Word: two-platoon
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...buildings, 25 were more than 50 years old, two others dated back to the 1850s, and even the newer ones were dingy, dark and dirty. In spite of mounting enrollments, the board had not built a new school in ten years, and only one building in the whole town met the specifications of the state fire marshal and the board of health. Nor had the board done anything to accommodate shifts in population: while some white schools were half empty, most of the Negro schools were operating on the two-platoon system...
Each of the captains will now prepare an individual report on spring football and the two-platoon system. William George, Cornell coach, will then collate the separate recommendations...
...Traditionally strong Pennsylvania team was weakened by the recent NCAA ruling killing the two-platoon system, and was further hurt by the decision on February 19 of Ivy League presidents not to resume spring training. Many argued that this was a necessity in view of the NCAA directive...
...two-platoon system has left the game this year, and I hope, for good. But to argue that because the two platoon system is gone, more time will be required to instill the principles of survival in players is unnecessary. Coaches will now work with 11 players rather than with 44, and will have proportionately more time to spend with them each autumn; in addition, football fundamentals come more naturally to the few than to the many...
This January, the Rules Committee of the National Collegiate Athletic Association took a long step forward by Killing off two-platoon football. With the reinstitution of the limited substitution game, however, the resurrection of Spring football becomes essential...