Word: alumni
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...refreshing to turn from the report of the overseers to the views expressed by the Alumni of Harvard upon the athletic question. Both Mr. Dana and Mr. Wendell are prominent graduates, and they were also prominent athletes when in college. It is inconceivable that the Board of Overseers should retain their narrow ideas upon the subject after reading Mr. Dana's letter or Mr. Wendell's reported conversation. These gentlemeu have been out of college for some years, and therefore look upon the matter in a calmer, more impartial way than could be expected among the students. These opinions should...
...faculty meeting, yesterday afternoon, no action was taken on the New York alumni baseball petition, and none will be taken on the baseball question until the Board of Overseers has expressed its views on the committee's report on athletic which was presented last week...
...greatly to be regretted that the faculty have seen fit to delay action on the petition presented by the Alumni on the question of playing with professionals. If the question is to be decided at all, it is much better that it should be decided at once. We have faith enough in the members of the faculty to know that they are unwilling to decide such a momentous question without due deliberation, but we cannot see why the faculty should wait till the Overseers make their report. As we understand it, the petition was presented to the faculty...
...confirmed. A communication was received from Hon. Theodore Lyman, presenting his resignation as a member of the board, was read and the resignation was accepted. Minority and majority reports were received from the committee on athletics and were laid on the table. The committee upon the resolution of the alumni of Lawrence Scientific School that "in the government of a university all branches of the university should be represented," sent in its' report through Mr. Walcott. The report was laid on the table. Oliver F. Wadsworth, George R. Briggs and W. C. Cabot resigned their positions as members...
Owing to an unusual press of business at the last meeting, the faculty were unable to take any action in regard to the petition of the New York alumni. The fact also that the Board of Overseers had not yet published their report on athletics made the Faculty desirous that the petition should not be considered until the opinion of the Overseers had been ascertained...