Word: hope
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...leave Cambridge. This morning the team which will represent us at the intercollegiate games tomorrow will start for New York. We can assure them that that they have the best wishes of the college. Such assurances, however, can best be supported by an enthusiastic demonstration by the college. We hope that every man will be on hand to give the team a hearty send-off. It is a tremendous encouragement to the men to have the college show its loyalty in this fashion...
There is no reason why the whole college should not turn out to cheer the team. We wish that the whole college could as easily be at the games tomorrow. Though such good fortune is impossible, we hope that the number of those who go will be so large and so enthusiastic as ably to represent the college's loyal spirit...
...given its own athletic teams. It is disheartening to urge the necessities of the case upon a class which shows such a willful disregard of them. The freshman class has a chance to show that all these unkind things which we have been saying are untrue; we certainly hope it will prove that we have been greatly in error...
...Harvard took a very decided stand against the so-called sport and the Coolidge believes that it is more or less of a matter of principle for Harvard to do all she can to discourage the tug-of-war. This set opinion of the college will have weight, we hope, with the captain who, in making his decision, has to bear in mind both the principle in the matter which Harvard has made and the fact that no chance for honorably winning points for the college should be disregarded...
...that the student opinion in this matter is not confined to one phase of the question, but in this case looks upon the broader relation of athletics to the University. We hardly think the Corporation itself can look upon this question more seriously than do the students. We sincerely hope that the opinions of the student body will influence the proper authorities to see to it that Mr. Lathrop is kept at Harvard...