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FOOTBALL AGAIN

February, 1931 Craig Thorn Jr.
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FOOTBALL AGAIN
February, 1931 Craig Thorn Jr.

According to the results of a questionnaire distributed by The Dartmouth to the Green football players and to the players of Colgate, Cornell, Harvard, N. Y. U., Princeton, Yale and Williams, the two groups expressing the least enjoyment of football were Dartmouth and Williams. Yale, Cornell and Harvard appeared to be the best satisfied with the game as it is at present.

In answer to the first two questions regarding the limitation of participation in varsity football to two years there was almost unanimous agreement against such a plan, nearly all of the men stating that senior year should be left free to the individual to choose whether he should play or not.

In reply to the questions regarding the length of the season the answers were varied. Many, however, were in favor of a four or five game schedule, one man calling for "a short season in which every game is a contest—with about a month of training preceding it."

Princeton and N. Y. U. were the major objectors to professional coaching, while Dartmouth, Williams and Princeton players attacked "set-up" games. Regarding their actual liking for the game many stated that the early training was drudgery but that the thrill of the game itself made up for this.