Word: actions
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Prof. J. B. Thayer has a letter in the Boston Post on the Indian question. He criticises Senator Dawes' action severely...
...position of Harvard in athletics, and how useless the result will be if not complete and accurate. Everyone who holds the interest of his college dear-and we are certain that there are few who do not-must do all he can to make the way clear for intelligent action on the part of those who govern it. We are certain the faculty have taken the right course for clearing away the difficulties of our present situation by the investigation of facts; for in facts lies the strongest argument of those who hold that the athletic contests as they...
EDITORS DAIY CRIMSON:- In spite of the suggestion published a week ago in the CRIMSON, no action has yet been taken by the baseball Association towards starting the "scrub" championship games. A number of nines have been formed, but no definite games have been arranged simply because there is no one to take the lead. The matter is one that belongs to the 'varsity nine management, and during recent years it has been assumed by them without question. All that needs to be done is to offer cups to the winners. The schedule could be arranged without trouble...
...faculty has met again without deciding on the overseers' vote on the restriction of athletics. The faculty, for slowness of action, seems to rival the United States Congress.- Tribune...
Instead of frankly following up the principle of action indicated by the admitted evils, and expressed in the report of the large majority of its committee, they have adopted the minority report, but with modifications which make it even more unpalatable to the undergraduates. They recommend confining the contests to university teams and virtually to New England colleges, saying that such contests "should take place only in Cambridge, New Haven, and such other New England city or town as the committee on athletics may from time to time designate." Moreover, the time for holding them should be only Saturdays...