INTRAMURAL ATHLETICS AT PRINCETON UNIQUE

In an interesting report, published in the New York Evening Post, Dr. Joseph E. Raycroft, head of the department of hygiene and physical education at Princeton, shows the wise scale upon which intramural athletics have been applied at Princeton. Through the efforts of Dr. Raycroft and his assistants, combined with the hearty co-operation of the students, nearly every student is engaged at one time or another in some form of physical exercise. An association whose membership contains representation from all the classes, the upper class clubs, and the commons, appears to be unique among universities. The body is interested in fourteen sports and is kept alive and flourishing through the initiative of the undergraduates, who have their officers, their dues, their schedules, and prizes which demand a budget of more than $300 yearly. The aim of the association is the promotion of athletic competition among men who are not members of university teams. And the excellent results are seen in the figures compiled by Dr. Raycroft. The statistics are not loosely gathered, but are based upon a definite record of the individuals engaged as well as the number of teams in each branch of sport. They show that 38 teams with 418 men, engaged in regular games--not scrub games--of baseball; in basket ball, 38 teams and 266 students; cane spree, two teams and six students; canoe racing, singles and doubles, nine students; rowing, 72 students; golf, four interclass teams, 24 participants; individual golf, 60; gymnastics, four teams, 16 men; hand ball, singles and doubles, 35 men; relay racing, 35 teams, 245 men; swimming, interclass, four teams, 32 men; individual swimming, 35 students; water polo, four teams, 32 men; soccer, four teams, 52 men; tennis, singles and doubles, 73 men; track, indoor and out, four teams, 145 men; wrestling, four teams, 51 men. Total men engaged, 1,571.