Word: abolishing
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...faculty of Cornell has decided to abolish the degrees of Bachelor of Philosophy and Bachelor of Science, and hereafter the only degree granted will be that of Bachelor of Arts...
...long been the custom of the 'Varsity Crew to charge the class crews an entrance fee for the class boat races and rent for the use of the boat house. It is high time for this custom to be abolished. The 'Varsity football and baseball managements do not charge the class team entrance fees for the class matches and even go to the expense of presenting cups to the members of the winning team. The 'Varsity Crew has no excuse for charging the class crews any entrance fee whatever. The only expense which is incurred is the chartering...
Last Tuesday, Captain Garrett Cochrane, of the Princeton football team, called out the candidates for next fall's eleven. Forty men responded and indulged in light practice. It has been decided to abolish summer practice and confine the work of the team to the college grounds...
...From the beginning it has been the object of the Faculty and of the Athletic Committee, not to cripple or abolish the competitive sports, but to have them conducted with moderation and honesty, and in a generous temper...
...been a tacit understanding on all sides that the game of football has been on trial during the season just ended. The influences that threatened for awhile to abolish the game altogether on account of acknowledged evils which had been incident to it, gave way to the honest assurances of its friends that these evils were only incidental, that they were not inseparably connected with the game, and that a fair trial this year would show that football could still be played by college students and gentlemen...