Word: actions
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...made to send a strong crew to New London next year in the hope of carrying off the laurels from the crimson. Although we have every reason to expect success on the Thames next year, it may be that we can gain somewhat by following in their line of action as well as by profiting by our own experience. We learn from the News that every incentive is to be offered to rowing men in the shape of a "second eight" as well as a "university four." The former will probably represent the college in the Harlem and other less...
...Clipper says that the recent action of the Harvard Committee in first prohibiting the contest and then permitting it under changed rules repressive of vicious "slugging," unfair "tackling," etc., advertised it, and was the real cause of the enormous crowd which witnessed the Yale game on Thanksgiving...
...sporting papers have unanimously condemned the recent action of the Athletic Committee as "most untimely...
Although we still deprecate the recent action of our faculty, it is only on account of their bad taste in the selection of the time for their declaration. In the main point at issue,-the improving of the character of the game,-we entirely agree with the faculty, and feel that some radical change is necessary. We emphatically stated our position last year on the style of play, which was first given its name of Yaleism by one of our correspondents, and we hold the same position this year. Foot-ball with all its roughness can be made a gentlemanly...
...colleges. This means that the Committee will make an effort to secure the cooperation of the other colleges in anti-professional measures,-and in this they have our best wishes,-but that if they fail in this, our nine will no longer be handicapped as it was. In such action as this, we are sure, every student will heartily support the Committee...