SWIMMING AND TENNIS LOSE FRESHMAN FAVOR

Freshman athletic fall registration shows a decided change over last year's and that of 1935. Swimming holds the lead as it has for the past two. Swimming has taken a decided drop, however, though it is still with a greater following than two years ago. In general the various activities incline to balance each other. The minor sports gain supporters, while some of the larger ones decrease in participators.

Tennis goes to third place, giving way to crew, which claims but two more members over last year. The difference is found in tennis, which steadily decreased from 212 to 182 to 125. Football shows a slight increase as does soccer.

Fencing falls away sharply, while singles conforms with its big sister shells by an increase. Thirteen Freshmen are out for managerial positions, and 19 have signed up for tumbling and apparatus.

The complete statistics follow:   1937  1936  1935 Swimming  215  256  186 Crew  178  176  186 Tennis  125  182  212 Football  93  88  93 Soccer  63  58  51 Fencing  57  71  39 Singles  56  41  152 Track  33  27  34 Handball  28  7  35 Cross Country  22  30  17 Tumbling and Apparatus  19 Managers  13  9  14 Lacrosse  5 Miscellaneous  10  12  16