Word: although
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Faculty, the Athletic Committee, the Student Council and various unofficial organizations in the University have all discussed the "athletic problem" at length, but it remained for the Board of Overseers to present the first recommendation on the subject worthy of the name. Although the wording of their statement has not yet been made public it is understood that the Board has requested the Faculty to investigate a system of compulsory athletics for Freshmen, after giving their general approval to such a plan...
There are few words more obnoxious to the average undergraduate than "compulsory"; it brings up visions of compulsory chapel, oral examinations, concentration and distribution and other features of Cambridge life which we would like to avoid--although we may at heart know some of them to be valuable. There has been a time when the cry against the possibility of compulsory exercise was loud and long, but we have come to believe that a partial adoption of this system is the one way to further the bodily development of the college...
Both Yale and Princeton have been active in spring athletics during their recent recesses. Although the track team at New Haven was not called out until college reopened, crew and baseball figured largely in the vacation of both colleges...
...fall of 1910, Haughton was successful in building up a very strong team, which, in spite of holding Yale to a standstill, was unable to score itself. The next year, the Yale game again resulted in a 0-0 tie. The University, although markedly superior and carrying the ball two yards for every yard that Yale gained, missed several good chances to drop kick, and fumbled when about to score...
Individual players have been practising for the past few days on the courts at Jarvis Field, in anticipation of the opening of those on Divinity Field. The latter should be in good condition for the first practice although they were used by members of the Radio School as a skating rink...