The faculty of Dartmouth College have refused to adopt the regulations proposed for the government of inter-collegiate sports, because Dartmouth, from its position, "is not exposed to the dangers threatening other colleges in connection therewith." There is no tendency to develop a professional or ungenerous spirit. To deprive the baseball nine of its very few games with expert amateurs and professional clubs would seriously impair the efficiency of the team and diminish the interest in general athletic sports. The evils of such a result the faculty regard as worse than any that now come from games with professionals. A standing committee of three members of the faculty, the president being one, has been appointed to attend to all matters pertaining to athletics.
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