It is feared by some that the intercollegiate athletic contests of the present day are tending more and more to make the greater number of students take exercise only vicariously. To those who apprehend a danger in this tendency, any effort to provide a game in which a large number of men can obtain active, agreeable exercise will commend itself.
Such a game is Dr. Sargent's battle ball, which has attracted considerable attention of late and which he is still trying to develop. If his present effort to introduce a greater element of skill and team play is successful, he will have done a great service to athletics.
The Weld Boat Club, the Tennis Association and the Athletic Association are now doing an immense amount of good by providing agreeable exercise for men who do not enter 'varsity athletics. If their work is further supplemented by the adoption of Dr. Sargent's game, the University will certainly not be found wanting in the way of opportunities for physical culture.
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