College athletics . 0 005 900 700 2 Ms ^m^n. MICHAEL C. MURPHY. INTRODUCTION^ —^ College athletics are now recognized as a very important partof the life of the college man. Around the sport of the universitycluster many of its most cherished traditions, and it is in someways the very life and soul of the esprit de corps or collegespirit so much t:dked about. In fact, the sport of a college re-ceives more than its share of attention, and the general publicis apt to forget that behind all this strenuousness and this en-thusiasm, there is a background of hard study and earnest en-deavor that but
College athletics . 0 005 900 700 2 Ms ^m^n. MICHAEL C. MURPHY. INTRODUCTION^ —^ College athletics are now recognized as a very important partof the life of the college man. Around the sport of the universitycluster many of its most cherished traditions, and it is in someways the very life and soul of the esprit de corps or collegespirit so much t:dked about. In fact, the sport of a college re-ceives more than its share of attention, and the general publicis apt to forget that behind all this strenuousness and this en-thusiasm, there is a background of hard study and earnest en-deavor that but rarely comes to the surface and which passesunnoticed. The very great attention given to college sport hasnot been wholly salutary, but, in general, it has resulted in greatgood by drawing attention to the various sports and by retainingthe interest of the students in athletics. The life of the collegestudent is sedentary in character, and on that very account theheads of our universities are right in encouraging college sportalong all lcollegeathletics02murp
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