President Robinson of Brown made the following remarks in his last annual address, in reference to collegiate games, societies, etc. "The multiplication of students' clubs, associations and societies, that call for intercollegiate games, or for annual meetings and reunions during term time, has now reached a point where some kind of restrictive action would seem to be called for. The number of absences required by these games and annual reunions is more than is consistent with the best results of scholarship. The weeks allotted to actual work in the present academic year of the colleges are too few to warrant the ever-recurring interruptions. Athletic sports are admirable when engaged in, as means to health and physical vigor. but when pursued for their own sake, or as a preparation for intercollegiate contests to which college duties are to be subordinated, the result cannot fail to be mischievous."
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