Swordfight, just another day in the life of a college student of yore ...
Yes, that's tennis as it was played in 1600 CE
BibliOdyssey blog has some nice scans of "Illustrissimi Wirtembergici Ducalis Novi Collegis quod Tubingae quam Situm quam Studia quam Exercitia Accurata Delinateo," which depicts university life in the Renaissance era.
Notice that there was little book study, instead there were lots and lots of fighting: Link
Dave Donelson, author of Heart of Diamonds
Besides, it's parents who turn their kids into "self entitled wusses"; the damage is done long before they ever set foot in a college.
Our colleges these days could certainly use a bit of roughing up to turn boys into men instead of self entitled wusses. I was so bored at college.