Word: fairness
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...longer used for hazing purposes. It furnishes excellent exercise and is a manly sport. We believe that the game is played by the university elevens in a manly way, and while the rules we have mentioned ought to be on the books to mark the limits of fair play and to provide punishment for any who may go beyond those limits, their existence does not in itself indicate that it is necessary to continually guard against 'the spirit of sharpers and of roughs...
...fair bonus will be given for any two lockers between the numbers 391 and 442 inclusive. Address X, at the gymnasium office...
...foot-ball games this year. Attention is called to the fact that rules 19, 28 and 38 are "highly objectionable" to them because the rules were framed to prevent intentional unfair playing. This leads them to the inference that, since unfair playing is guarded against, a "manly spirit of fair play is not expected," but that instead, there is a "spirit of sharpers and roughs" in the games. Then, since the sport has "degenerated into brutal and dangerous contests." they sagely arrive at the conclusion that the Harvard eleven cannot take part in any further contest this fall...
...fair-minded person, it must be evident that framing rules against unfair playing does not necessarily show the spirit of roughs and sharpers in the elevens. There was never a set of rules yet in any athletic sport which did not prohibit unfair play, because it is always possible that some "rough" or "sharper" may make unfair plays. One might as well, following their line of thought, give up the Christian religion because of the ten commandments; or like St. Simon Shylites, withdraw from the society of mankind and sit on the top of a pillar because of our criminal...
...fair bonus will be given for any two lockers between the numbers 391 and 442 inclusive. Address X, at the gymnasium office...