Word: arguments
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...pass without comment. "The proposal," says the Clipper, with an insight of which no one not thorougly imbued with the spirit of "professionalism" would be capable of displaying, "has a very suspicious taint of gate-money influences about it." Now, we beg leave to state that the argument of increased gate receipts has never entered the discussion at all, except in the most casual manner, and moreover, when the question comes up for discussion it will hardly be taken into serious consideration...
...away from all the others which compose the association that at least two days must be spent in travel for every game that is played. Besides this, bad weather may prevent a game, in which case two long, disagreeable journeys must be made. There is no argument which can be used for the retention of Dartmouth which could not with equal propriety be offered for the admission of Rutgers or Union. Harvard, at least, cares nothing about beating Dartmouth, and is not at all troubled by an occasional defeat...
...question of gate receipts has not been considered for a moment as a conclusive argument in the settlement of the question...
Wednesday's Advertiser contains an exceedingly interesting article on "Political Economy at Harvard," being an argument for the extension of the subject in the college by added electives and a plea for aid to the university for making this improvement. Political economy, the writer claims, is the most popular study at Harvard and in importance is second to none. It is rumored, he says, that on the return of Professor Dunbar in September the teaching force in this department will be reduced to one, that one being Professor Dunbar. The corporation offering no inducements to Dr. Laughlin to remain...
...Yale papers seem entirely to fail to understand our position in regard to the race question. Last year, after we had sent our challenge, they replied with a conditional acceptance, which caused much argument and some ill feeling. The condition named by them was that the race should be rowed upon a certain date. Moreover, owing to the fact that all the conditions for the race were not agreed upon until the last moment, our crew was obliged to yield a point at the very start, and consequently had to row the race with the moral disadvantage of having...