Clipping:Charles Eliot on the evils of competitive sports

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Date	1883
Text	An ill effect of some of the inter-collegiate contests is their tendency to restrict the number of men in College who practice the competitive sports. The keenness of the competition creates a high standard of excellence, and persons who know that they cannot reach that standard cease to play. The athletic sports ought to cultivate moral as well as physical courage, fair-dealing and the sense of honor. If any form of unfaithfulness, unfairness, or meanness is tolerated in them, they become sources of wide-spreading moral corruption. If students do not find their sense of honor cultivated and refined by their College life, they may be sure that their education is failing at its most vital point. Annual Reports of the President and Treasurer of Harvard College for 1883-84 p. 32 (published early 1885) [available at archive.org]
Source	Annual Reports of the President and Treasurer of Harvard College
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Submitted by	Richard Hershberger
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