Word: agreement
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...athletic agreement with Yale, which replaces the now defunct tripartate pact between Yale, Princeton, and Harvard, is not particularly significant in its terms. The only modification of importance, that in Section 3 of Article VI of the original pact, operates chiefly to avoid misunderstandings from over-vague wording. Aside from that, the general tendency of the new agreement seems to be to offer more freedom to the independent discretion of the respective Athletic Committees than was permitted under the old regime. Beyond the statement about post-season or sectional championship games, in fact, Yale and Harvard will in the future...
Yale and Harvard are probably more progressive in their athletic policies than any other two colleges in the country. It would seem, therefore, unfortunate on the surface that a more binding agreement could not have been concluded between them, for two colleges standing shoulder to shoulder for high standards or reform would be more effective than independent lines of action no matter how intelligent and courageous. However, viewed from another angle, the very informality of the arrangement bespeaks at once the mutual confidence of Yale for Harvard and Harvard for Yale; and at the same time promises closer cooperation than...
These provisions leave the agreement practically in its form as it applied to the Big Three save for the recorded change in Section 3 of Article...
...Triple Agreement, Article VI under the heading of "Football Games" read: "No post-season contests, or contests for the purpose of settling sectional or other championships, or involving long and expensive trips or extended absence from the University shall be permitted...
Under the Triple Agreement a trip to Princeton was considered feasible, but not one to Michigan. Whereas, actual statistics show that the squad left half an hour earlier for Princeton than it would for Michigan, and the expense was equally as great, particularly as a smaller squad would undoubtedly make the trip to Michigan...