THE FACTS ON THEIR SIDE

Professor Snedden's comparison of scholastic records of the athletes and non-athletes of the Class of 1927 tends to confirm the general run of careful observation. Men engaged in sports do have slightly lower grades than the average of the rest of the class, but the difference is so slight that it means little more than that between a C plus and a C in one of four courses. On the other hand in regard to the number of men who actually graduate there is a considerable distinction in ravor of the athletes. Such a variation might be caused in part by the fact that only men compete in intercollegiate sports, in part by other unknown factors.

Probably the most significant result of the whole study is the fact that there is after all not a great deal of difference between the two sets of students. All the contrasts must be made by the narrowest of margins. The outstanding fact that out of this class of eight hundred three hundred were engaged in sports at one time or another is an indication of the success of Harvard's policy of "athletics-for-all."