FRESHMEN HAVE 751 MEN ENROLLED IN ATHLETICS

The Department of Physical Education announced yesterday that 751 Freshmen had thus far enrolled in some athletic activity in connection with the exercise requirement. This number is considerably in advance of the 668 men registered in the early part of the fall season last year. The policy of omitting baseball has been continued this fall, a sport which in 1920 was used by nearly 40 men to satisfy physical requirements.

In popularity crew is far in advance with 235 men on the river in regular crews or singles. Tennis is second with 160 men registered, while football is third with 97 in the first and Dormitory squads.

In the Military Science Department 55 are taking equitation. There are 42 men prescribed to take swimming. The following table shows the number of Freshmen engaged in each activity as compared with the figures prepared in the late fall of 1921:   1926  1925 Crew,  235  169 Tennis,  160  124 Football,  97  113 Equitation,  55  52 Swimming,  42  55 Track,  36  45 Handball,  30  58 Cross-Country,  25  35 Squash,  22  30 Soccer  20  26 Gymnasium Class,  14  13 Fencing,  12  5 Lacrosse,  3  3