Deficit of $3,000 at Cornell

The financial statement of the Cornell athletic association shows a deficit for the year of $3,000. The reason for this lies in the fact that Cornell, although ranking highly in athletics, can never count on drawing the large crowds that congregate at the athletic events in other cities, because Ithaca is so isolated. However, many improvements to the property of the Association have contributed toward causing this deficit, the largest single expense being that for a new baseball cage. Football showed a gain of only $10,000, and crew and track were maintained at a big loss. Undergraduate support, represented in the sale of season tickets, permitted the Association to make the creditable showing that it did.