Word: cavil
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...sifted to the bottom presents these two questions: Is the stand which Harvard has already taken a wise one? and Ought Harvard to withdraw from the foot ball league? To both of these questions we answer unqualifiedly-yes. The justice of the principle which we have enunciated is beyond cavil. It is our duty, then, to stand by that which we have chosen. The consequences of such action, while they ought to be considered, should not change our determination. Harvard is not called upon in the least to sanction professionalism or underhanded dealing in intercollegiate athletics. It is a duty...
...Ford, one of the judges of the Mott Haven games, was in Cambridge yesterday. He said that the 100 yards dash was won by Rogers beyond all cavil. The judges, he said, had no idea of disagreeing in the matter. The decision was only delayed because of the noise made by Yale...