Word: equal
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...canon had gone forth from the teachers of the sixteenth century that certain studies and no others should be considered the "liberal arts" and be imparted as such, no means had been found for gaining recognition for the languages of today or for the physical sciences as studies of equal weight and dignity...
...reference to lacrosse and cricket we would say that all other colleges where these sports are indulged in are grouped together, but are at a distance from us. The only teams with which we can practise in order to prepare our team to compete on equal terms with those of other colleges are amateur organizations, which are ruled out in these resolutions...
Finally, this rule, if allowed to stand, would tend to defeat one of the very purposes or which those who drew it up are supposed to be stiving-the placing of all athletic contests between the various colleges on a footing as nearly equal as possible. For the larger and richer colleges could afford to pay more for athletic instructors, and would consequently be able to get better men, than the smaller and poorer colleges...
...should probably be prevented, by this rule, from playing some games with distant colleges, whose teams we could meet on grounds mid-way between both colleges. Deciding games, played on neutral grounds, would be contested under conditions more equal to both sides, and much time might be saved by shortening the distance to be traveled. Again, the grounds of some colleges-Brown University, for instance-are very poor, and we can see no objection to the use of other grounds near at hand, when available...
...matter. The Spirit of the Times also with a somewhat superfluous fervor shouts out its approval. "Their stated facts," it cries, "are indisputable; their arguments calm, clear, and concise; their conclusions unavoidable. The conference which suggested the ideas, and the man who clothed them with words, have equal reason to be proud of their work. An overwhelming majority of all those persons whose character and standing make their approval of value, will certainly extend to these regulations the full measure of their unconditional endorsement." If it be not considered a piece of undergraduate impertinence by the young lion...