Word: acception
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...college athletics, and that the best means to attain the desired end was to withdraw unconditionally from the football league. Objections to offering to form a dual league with Yale were raised and were answered by the argument that Harvard in her stand against professionalism should not refuse to accept the cooperation of the first college ready to join her in her stand. The position of some of the graduates, that the time was not opportune for a withdrawal was attacked on the grounds that delay would do no good; a withdrawal would still seem to be a revenge...
...four Harvard men, Dean, Cranston, Stickney and Upton, who were on hand to answer Princeton's protest, provided that Princeton would do the same with Ames. Princeton refused, resting her decision on the point of order, even though Harvard claimed that her evidence was so strong that she would accept no affidavit. The result of Princeton's action is that the five men in question, Ames, Dean, Cranston, Upton and Stickney will be allowed to play tomorrow...
...Yale News strongly urges the college Bicycle club to accept the challenge of the Harvard Bicycle club for a road race. As yet no answer has been sent by the club to Harvard's challenge...
...address to the students at the last College Conference meeting, President Eliot described the proper function of a university to be "to teach its students to lead," as opposed to a military school which teaches rather obedience. Let us accept this definition, and try to ascertain the proper attitude of a university graduate toward politics. In the first place, if he is to lead public opinion he must himself have firm-opinions, which should be arrived at by careful, sincere and, if need be, "independent" thinking; and in the second place he should consider it to be rather his duty...
...importance of taking definite action this year is easily seen. That some changes in the conduct of the freshman contests are necessary is very evident. If Yale will accept the changes now, it will do away with most of the trouble next year. It is to be hoped that the committee of upperclassmen will appreciate this and make a favorable report before the end of he term...