Word: antiquus
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...London, it is evident that "rattling tactics" have not produced the effect desired at New Haven. Not only Harvard men, but neutrals who belong to neither university, and a saving remnant of Yale men themselves, deprecate a practice which mars the pleasure of witnessing athletic contest. Verbum sap. SPORTIOUS ANTIQUUS. (Reported from Alumni Bulletin
There is a communication reprinted herein from the Alumni Bulletin concerning the cheering at the Yale game. It is signed Sporticus Antiquus and treats Yale sportsmanship in the stands rather severely. The Yale cheers did seem more frequent than necessary when Harvard was on the defensive, but as far as rattling from the stands is concerned, both in this last game and at baseball games, there can never be any certainty that it does not come largely from those near-collegians who cause so much trouble on other occasions; at least, such a severe indictment of such a very general...
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