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Show H ' SUPPORT FOR SCHOOL H ATHLETICS BB Many colleges nnd schools have BB read with envy thu past week tho II- BB , nanclal report of sports at Harvard H University. With total receipts of H . over $100,000 and from football alone I H I of $120, HO, great possibilities-of use-' BB ; ful athletic woik are offered. BB In tho ordinary small college nnd BB' technical and high school, It Is not BB, easy always to support oven one team j H J to represent tho school. If tho boys BB ,' nrc winners, tho money comes easy I BB Hut It takes a gnmo and loyal back-1 BB Ing to support losers, though thoy , BB , niny work harder than their conquer- BB' j or.s. Unsuccessful athletes find cold BB f looks nnd silent and thin assemblage BB. cs of spectators. It takes n lot ot BB J money to run athletics. There is no i BBli end of costly supplies, railroad faros, H botcl bills. Of late years tho cpenso BB for roaches has become necessary BH ', nnd very largo. Thoy may cost more BB " than a corresponding number of pro- BB , feasors. B' i Thcro should be a placo on somo BB i team for ovcry student anxious to BBW! outer bpnrt. Still more, tho boys BBK not thus ambitious need nthlotlcs ov- BBjJ! en moro. It would do a world of good B (o Bonio bookworms and loafers tp be BB t required to play on somo minor tenm. BB , It becomes therefore In many or BB tho schools, n big problem how to BB 'i provide enough gymnasium and track BB ' facilities, tennis courts, ball Holds, H i supplies, etc, so tint tho general H student body can becomo athletic. BB ' Moro equipment for tho average stu- BB dent nnd relatively less for tho no- BB ' lectcd few of tho single tenm, la tho BB' 4 ical need, nut this runs counter to BB . tho habits of tho times. BB Sporting competitions draw stud- BB onts Into tho open nlr nnd work ort I superfluous activity that Is capable of mischief. Tho best results arc not usually gained by those whe inako tho big teams. Their mental bWbybybI BBBBBBbBBjW- - . Ba?BgBgBgBgBgB' ' growth may suffer from severe train I Ing. nut tho avcrago follow, led by i a good physical equipment to tako up sport Informally, Is apt to get Hfo long results of better physical efficiency. |