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SWIMMING MOST POPULAR SPORT AMONG FRESHMEN

Squash is Close Second While Exercise Classes Come Next--Wide Variety of Sports Listed

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Swimming has become the most popular sport this winter for Freshmen taking compulsory athletics with 194 students participating, according to information please today by the Physical Education Department. The excellent facilities in the new Indoor Athletic Building and the fact that the sport does not demand much of the student's time account for this popularly.

Squash, whielf has been attracting more devotees each year brought out 178 candidates. A large squad of 102 men have been enlisted for the special Corrective Exercise group. Crew trailed the exercise group with St; track was fifth with 80. Candidates numbering 62 reported tot he Indoor Athletic Building for basketball, and 60 signed up for handball. Wrestling secured 40 men. Under Rene Peroy 24 Freshmen are being cheated in fencing, Rockey and boxing tied for eleventh place with 22 men each. Twenty men are Hated for voluntary calilsthenies, and nine are vigorously scouring Cambridge and vicinity on daily hikes, Managerships attracted seven men, and six represent the Freshman class on the tanbark. Eleven men whave elected miscellaneous forms of exercise.

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