Word: facto
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...years proposed club could extend its advantages to comparatively few men.- (x) It is very probable that University will continue to increase at present rate.- (I) Only check on increase is growth of Western universities.- (II) Such growth is likely to be very slow.- (y) Such a club, ipse facto, must be of somewhat limited facilities.- (2) It would not then prevent social disintegration.- (x) It would not then "furnish a meeting place for mass of students."- (y) It would not then unify Harvard spirit.- (b) No experience of other universities can form a basis of argument as to success...
...future of freshman debating will depend in large part upon the outcome of their efforts. If they succeed in proving the fears based upon their immaturity and inexperience to be groundless, the debate with Yale will probably be permanently established; if they fail, intercollegiate freshman debate will ipso facto be condemned...
...communication published in yesterday's CRIMSON appears to us to take a view of the dual league question which is theoretically admissible, but does not take into consideration the actual facts. Our correspondent is mistaken in writing,- "Without any agreement or any red tape we have a league de facto." Unfortunately, we have no league in any sense of the word. In the present athletic crisis we need some definite understanding with Yale assuring annual contests between the two colleges. We cannot afford to withdraw finally from the Intercollegiate Athletic association without making some provision for future contests...
...believe in no league at all. I am so impressed by their arguments (which I think have not appeared in print) that I venture to ask a few lines of your space to recapitulate them in. Without any agreement or any red tape we have a league de facto. Whatever contests we undertake now will be simply matters of sport. The colleges will be (or ought to be) gentlemenly enough to conduct games like gentlemen: that is without professionals on their teams and without the miserable disputes incident to leagues. The only argument I can see in favor...