Basketball Trophy
Tufts College Lacrosse Team
Football Program
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Despite the Weekly's worries, the Naval programs'
emphasis on physical education and the larger student population actually
elevated the quality of athletics at Tufts during the war. While some
varsity sports were cut back, intramural sports were significantly enlarged.
One of the main challenges was finding competitors since many schools
cancelled extra-curricular activities for the duration of the war. Tufts
was one of few colleges that played a full football schedule in 1943.
Other wartime changes included the addition of a co-ed cheerleading squad,
an ROTC rifle and pistol team, and mandatory 3 hour per week physical
education for all civilian students during all 4 years at Tufts.
Navy Pennant
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