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Debate for Jan. 13, 1898.Question: "Resolved, That all matters of policy pertaining to the management of athletic teams, except the election of captains, should be left to the decision of the whole undergraduate body assembled in mass-meetings...
...great weakness of Harvard Athletics, a weakness which extends through every department of sport, and indeed through the whole of the less serious side of the University life, is an utter lack of permanent organization. The policy of the Faculty and the other University officials is to leave the regulation of athletics and of social questions so far as possible to the undergraduates themselves. The Athletic Committee's function is not to guide and develop, but to restrain. Its work is in a sense purely negative. In many respects this policy of non-interference is wise...
...talk about "favoritism," "indifference," and the other absurd explanations of Harvard's lack of success in intercollegiate contests is a mass of nonsense. The radical difficulty which lies back of the whole situation is that undergraduates are left to do as best they may without organized conservative advice from older heads. Harvard's competitors have today systems of permanent supervision, supplied by shrewd, mature men. Harvard has nothing of this beyond what is supplied by the scattering efforts of individuals...
Since the new addition to the Gymnasium, considerable agitation has been made about establishing a prescribed course of physical exercise, to count towards a degree. Such a plan, aiming to put mental and physical training on a rational basis, has undoubtedly great advantages, and on the whole seems practicable, especially as it has been tried with success in several colleges...
...third plan consists of a graded course of physical exercises extending over four years, in which the regular work of the Gymnasium would be taught to the whole College, as it is now taught to the members of the Summer School. This would embrace a broad system of electives, and call for a considerable number of instructors...