Word: agreements
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Executive Committee of the Advisory Committee under the Club Agreement has received information to the effect that there has been some canvassing of Freshmen this year. Possibly this has taken place under the impression that such canvassing is permissible on the theory that the men approached are not to be considered Freshmen for the purposes of the Agreement...
Attention is called to the fact that under the Agreement men enrolled as Freshmen for the first time are Freshmen unless and until given a different status by the Executive Committee. Until they are given such different status the prohibition of the Agreement covers canvassing as well as electing or pledging. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, THOMAS NELSON PERKINS, Chairman...
...gentleman's agreement that secret emissaries will not be sent forth to spy out each other's tactics and signals is highly desirable. This done there will be no need for practice behind closed gates during the final weeks of any football season. Let the game be one of friendly rivalry and enjoyment in sport, and not one with intricate under-cover ramifications to detect the opponent's weak points. Let that remain for the contest itself, where there will be ample opportunity for a battle of wits. We are facing an unequalled chance to slough off past habits...
...course, most desirable that the three universities unite on a single policy. If, however, the present committee is unable to come to an agreement, some action should be taken to formulate a plan for Harvard alone. The University is tired of delays; it demands results...
...consideration of these two aspects of eligibility, a policy that is midway between that of the I. C. A. A. A. A. and the agreement of Princeton, Yale, and Harvard, seems advisable. The Freshmen should, therefore, still participate in Freshman athletics alone, and the upperclassmen only should compete on the university teams. But provision should be made so that men who have returned from war service be allowed to take part in intercollegiate athletics, even if they are catalogued as "Unclassified" on the college records...