Word: faction
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...order should be given. Or to take a later scene, in the early days of the Civil War in 1861, the diary of the treasurer of the college tells of how he used to come to Cambridge at eight in the morning to drill the 'College troops.' A large faction of that company of students that marched around the college yard were within three or four years found dead upon the battle field...
...Annexation would be a political disadvantage to the United States. - (a) Majority of Canadians could not be loyal to a strange form of government: Forum IX, 562, - (b) A Canadian faction would be introduced into Congress; Forum, VI, 458, IX, 562. - (c) management of the vast-territory would be too much for a government already overcrowded with work...
...concerned, and the HARVARD CRIMSON takes its place. Since the paper because a daily it has undergone many vicissitudes in its name. In the fall of 1883 there were two daily papers in the college, the Harvard Daily Herald, and the Crimson, which had been revived by a faction dissatisfied with the older daily. It was soon evident that there was not a field for two daily papers here, and early in that year they were united under the name of the Herald-Crimson. This awkward name stood for over a year and a half, when a new board...
...dinner was well begun Mr. Williams introduced Arthur B. Nichols '91 as toastmaster. In a happy speech Mr. Nichols acknowledged the honor, and proceeded to present G. T. Goldthwaite '91 as orator. Reviewing the history of foot ball at Harvard he showed that hard work was the great faction in the evolution of our evergrowing strength which had culminated at last in victory. As a Harvard man he thanked our coaches, Dr. Conant and the second eleven for their splendid services and congratulated them on their success. He pointed out the necessity of keeping next year in mind and ended...
...most striking sentences: "We must confess our belief in the existence of a strong body in the faculty, headed by a personage of great influence, the aim of which is ultimately to confine Harvard athletics within the limits of Harvard college." The editorial then accuses this faction of working secretly against intercollegiate athletics and of making the athletic committee a cats-paw. This accusation is almost absurd. There are undoubtedly many members of the faculty and overseers who do favor the abolition of intercollegiate games but they have never concealed their hostility. A majority of the faculty...