Word: impeach
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...during the season that has just closed as the result of occurences upon the football field, which all lovers of true college sport must deeply regret and it would seem to be most ill advised under these circumstances to sanction by acquiesence the making of public charges which directly impeach the good faith of college men, or if the charges are to be preferred, to select the columns of newspapers as the place to exhibit them. It is therefore the hope of the committee that you will take immediate action upon this communication...
...matter broadly and dispassionately, we must claim that Mr. Coffin's umpiring was far from satisfactory, and we have less hesitation in saying this inasmuch as the same opinion is held by many others not connected with Harvard and prominent in athletics. It is not for us to impeach the integrity of Mr. Coffin; we cannot prove that his umpiring was intentionally unfair, nor can we prove that, in the case of the touchdown by Hallowell he gave a decision which he knew was wrong. It may have been with a most just purpose and the honest belief that there...
...repeat: we cannot impeach Mr. Coffin's integrity nor his honesty. Whether we would have won had we been allowed the touchdown which was so unquestionably ours, whether our team was, after all, outplayed by Yale is another question. But, again, viewing the game calmly and dispassionately, it is certain that Mr. Coffin's umpiring had an effect on Yale's playing which is deeply to be regretted; and it is equally certain that his umpiring showed a lack of fairness and justice which, from all sides, is much more to be regretted. He only knows whether...