Word: facts
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...will" for "shall" in a recent notice appearing over my name is due to the fact that the notice in question was conveyed from my house by telephone, to the CRIMSON, after my sudden and urgent departure from Cambridge. I make this remark with the hope that it will spare me the receipt of additional anonymous postal cards regarding this matter. These in one way are pertinent, in another grossly impertinent. J. D. M. FORD...
...filled by elderly persons whose connection with Harvard is no more than geographical, the other half-the less desirable half-by members of the University Ior whom the lectures were arranged. It would be well for the Ethical Society and the committee of professors responsible to awake to the fact that Harvard is taking an interest in what Professor Zueblin has to say, and would appreciate a reservation of at least one section of the coveted space...
This is my point--the vast and varied absurdities of the two-season rule, as now maintained. When this law was first made, it was tagged with the statement that it was reasonable because it would affect so few. As a matter of fact it affected a great many. Probation itself became blunted and worm-eaten by this idiotic rule. Does a man who has made a successful record in the fall in both sports and studies find himself better off than his neighbor who has competed to the detriment of his courses? Not a whit. Doesn't it seem...
...representing. Harvard: the duty of remembering that an intercollegiate game, played by picked teams, is no less a game than a tennis match between acquaintances, and governed by the same rules of honor. We believe that this duty is already realized by the majority of American athletes; a fact that makes most of us who are conversant with real conditions, optimistic of the future of intercollegiate athletics in America. As sure as water seeks its own level, athletics, if not trammelled by too much legislation, will assume the position they deserve, without hindering the progress of the individual athlete, upon...
Both relay races were hotly contested, especially the 1911 race. In this, Cooper of the Harvard team led his man to the finish, but through a misunderstanding did not touch the mark. The closeness of the meet is shown by the fact that had Cooper won his race the score would have resulted in Harvard's favor, as 8 points were allowed...