Word: demanding
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...game in New York at all. As far as it is in my power to judge, it is Harvard's right next season to have the game played in Cambridge, if it be her preference. I don't believe that Yale will think of such a thing as to demand that it be played either in New York or New Haven; but it will be due in Cambridge next year unless by mutual consent it be played elsewhere. Trusting that this will obviate your difficulty and bring about a speedy arrangement of the game, I am very truly yours, GEORGE...
...played last year in New York instead of in New Haven where it was originally arranged, we will state once and for all that we will play Yale this year in Cambridge on Thanksgiving day, and then and there only. We hope you will see the justice of this demand, and that Yale's honor will not permit her to do otherwise than accept. We await an early reply. We remain very respectfully yours...
...regulations; causing, as they believe, an entirely wrong tone in athletic affairs. It is time to redouble the protests that have come in rapid succession ever since the day in 1882 when the faculty began to interfere with the students in the conduct of their sports, and to demand twice as strenuously as before a return to former days...
...result from this indirect attack upon Harvard's present methods is clearly appreciated. We wish to commend also the editorial upon the now celebrated article in the North American. No tendency is shown to hide the evil that exists in the college communities, but there is a just demand that the evil shall not be magnified beyond its due proportion. One more protest is added to those which have already been uttered by the students against the unfair advantage accepted by the North American Review and its infamous contributor in order to strike a blow at he best interests...
Although a large number of new lockers have been put in the gymnasium recently, the supply is still inadequate for the demand. It is a pity that men who desire to have the benefit of a good gymnasium during the winter months should be prevented simply because there are not enough lockers to go around. If possible, a few more should be built in the basement of the gymnasium, even if one of the bowling alleys had to be taken out to make room for them. Before the weather becomes so disagreeable as to put an end to outdoor exercise...