Word: dinners
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Captain Beecher, of the Yale eleven, used the following words in his speech at the Yale alumni dinner on Friday last...
Such language as this, uttered at a public dinner, leads one to consider whether the conservative element who declare that the moral effect of football is harmful have not, after all, solid ground for their assertions. The further fact that none of the alumni present arose to object to the language used by Captain Beecher as being unseemly and as evincing a deplorable spirit, might well lend further weitht to the arguments against the game. By their silence all the members of Yale present at that dinner signalled their assent to these bullying and indecorous words...
...think we are not saying too much if we declare that, at a dinner of Harvard alumni, any assertion by the captain of our football eleven that showed an intention "to fight the referee" as well as our opponents, would have placed an effective damper on the applause that would greet the end of his speech. More than this, severe and outspoken censure would be freely bestowed on him. Harvard means to fight its battles openly and squarely, and not to court success by bullying justice into closing an eye to foul play...
...annual reunion and dinner of the class of '87, Boston Latin School, will be held at Youngs Hotel, Friday evening, Dec. 2, at 8 o'clock...
...annual reunion and dinner of the class of '87, Boston Latin School, will be held at Youngs Hotel, Friday evening, Dec. 2, at 8 o'clock...