As the athletic season commences, it calls to our mind that we are soon to have the annual debate over the desirability of inter-collegiate contests renewed. As we begin to hear the usual denunciation of the colleges for degenerating into training schools for oarsmen and foot ball rushers, Pres. Eliot's remarks in his last annual report will be often referred to. In that report, it appears that the interest in athletics is growing steadily at Harvard, and that the Harvard faculty desire to foster and encourage that department. The faculty at Cambridge can not be censured for over-zealous support of the athletic element in the colleges, and this expression of their sentiment, coming from the President, must have some influence. - Amherst Lit.
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