Word: gentlemanly
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...race on the other side of the water. By the rule no one is an amateur who has "worked in or about boats for hire," etc., etc. Now one Smith, of the Emerald Boat Club, we think, did once upon a time, for hire, catch some fish for a gentleman from a boat. Hence, he is no longer an amateur by the rule. Now almost all our amateur fours, including the Columbia Four, rowed last year in races against the crew in which Smith pulled. Therefore, having competed with one who was not an amateur by the rule...
...editor of the Sporting Column having offered a prize for the bicycle race, another gentleman connected with the Crimson offers a gold medal to the winner of the hundred yards' dash, conditional on his equalling or beating 10 1/2 seconds...
...Tree will begin. Spreads and teas will probably occupy the spare hours, and in the evening Memorial Hall will be opened for dancing from eight until eleven. Every Senior is entitled to twenty tickets to the Yard, seven to the Tree, six to Memorial Hall (to admit one gentleman and two ladies), and five to Sanders Theatre. Tickets are now ready, and can be obtained at 10 Weld, every day, from twelve till one P. M., and at 25 Holyoke Street, from two till three P. M. The Committee, at the request of the Corporation, have decided to give tickets...
...that he had mistaken the time, when he silently beckoned me to follow him, and stalked away with a gait that was rather unsteady, because he had stood so long in one position. He led me to the seats on Holmes Field; and there sat a fat old gentleman, whom with fresh surprise I recognized to be the College Bell...
...some distinct international understanding on the point. Bell's Life says that some clubs include artisans and mechanics in their definition, while others do not, and therefore every one must decide for himself. The real trouble is, not in the definition of the word "Amateur," but in that of "Gentleman," many persons contending that gentlemen by birth alone are amateurs. In a democratic country like America, every man, no matter what his birth or station, is entitled to be considered a gentleman until he proves himself otherwise, and therefore is classed as amateur until he enters the professional ranks. That...