"Inter-House Athletics Will Replace Class System Next Year," Says Samborski--House Squads Larger Than Class

"Inter-House athletics will definitely displace the class team system next year; a system which has represented only a comparatively small group of men in the classes," A.W. Samborski '26, director of intra-mural athletics stated in an interview yesterday. "Already," he explained, "the contests between the two houses have shown that a more centralised group, having a greater chance for social contacts within itself, offers a larger opportunity for the development of intramural sports.

"In most colleges, especially in the West," Samborski explained, "the fraternities are the basic intra-mural units in the college, and they have developed strong competition among themselves. At Harvard, while the fraternities are not as powerful as elsewhere, they have shown that they bring out more men than teams of the three upper classes." This is shown by the fact that about 150 men report for inter-fraternity basketball, in comparison with an average of 50 reporting for interclass basketball. On the other hand, the athletic competition has also developed the club spirit within the fraternities at Harvard, according to Samborski, and it would probably have the same effect on the Houses.

Already, the two houses have developed squads that compare very favorably with the squads of the three upper classes. In football in the past few years, an average of 45 men have reported regularly daily for practice in the three upper classes, whereas last fall 40 men were practicing daily for the teams of the two houses. In squash the number of men reporting increased considerably this year, 92 men representing Dunster alone, whereas the average reporting for all three class teams in the past has been 45. Swimming too, shows added interest, with a total of 28 men reporting from the two houses compared to 35 from the three upper classes in the past.