Word: earlier
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Tuesday prior to Commencement, and on that day, Commencement Day at Yale, our ball team was expected to play at New Haven. As a matter of fact, this would involve no conflict at all, as the Committee's plan calls for the holding of Commencement one week earlier than has been customary. Therefore the Yale game in Cambridge would come one week ahead of the game in New Haven, or two days sooner than it does under the present arrangement. This, I think, disposes of the chief prop on which the communication rested. There remains the conflict of the boat...
...plan suggests having Commencement a week earlier than usual. I understand from members of the Faculty that this will mean the opening of College one week earlier in the fall. Furthermore, this change will necessitate keeping the baseball team in training ten days after College closes, in case the full series of games is played, while under the present arrangement it is in training but three days later...
...through a sub-committee appointed by them, have attempted to obtain an expression of opinion from the Alumni individually with reference to the matter submitted to this Committee. Letters in reply have been received from nearly two thousand Alumni, and half of these replies are from graduates of years earlier than 1890. The replies indicate much interest in the subject...
...They recommend that hereafter Commencement week take place one week earlier than this year...
Irregular development and inconsistent and startling reversal of form throughout the season are causes which at this time prevent a true estimate of the Harvard team's worth. Secret practice, however, which has been going on during the past week, has corrected some of the earlier faults, and by perfecting various formations, has immeasurably increased the attacking power of the eleven. High playing by both linemen and backs are some of the habits which the team has so far been unable to overcome, and these will undoubtedly account for any lack of effectiveness in either stopping the ball or advancing...