Word: claimed
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...faculty force the Harvard management to break a definite verbal agreement entered into by representatives of the two colleges acting through the Yale foot-ball president, with the consent of the Harvard president, Mr. Clark, and the manager of the polo grounds. This manager would have perfect right to claim damages from Yale and Harvard for breach of contract...
...daily HERALD-CRIMSON takes the proper view of this LL. D. Business. It would have the custom of conferring the degree upon the governor of the state "remain a thing of the past;" but "if Mr. Robinson should show by any of his acts that he has any particular claim upon the degree aside from the fact that he is governor of the state of Massachusetts, let him receive it, but let the degree be conferred upon the man and not upon the office." And that is how it should be. To hand it out according to any other reasoning...
...auspices of the societies here at Harvard are always well received and interesting. The few which have been given this year are by no means exceptions. We think the success of the lectures held in the past ought to inspire new life into some of the societies whose only claim to success is the long list of members which appear yearly in the Index. If some of these societies would only show more activity in procuring for us lecturers of well known reputation and standing, we feel sure they would deserve and would receive the hearty support of the college...
...every one was glad to see it broken. It is our earnest conviction that the custom should remain a thing of the past and should never again be regenerated. If Mr. Robinson should show by any of his acts that he has any particular claim upon the degree aside from the fact that he is governor of the state of Masschusetts, let him receive it, but let the degree be conferred upon the man and not upon the office. We have been relieved from a disagreeable state of affairs by the action of the overseers last year...
President Porter of Yale in his address of welcome to Lord Coleridge said : "We are not the oldest nor the richest university in this country, but we do claim to represent the nationality of this country better than any other...