Word: letters
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...last number of the Nation there appeared a letter, signed by "G. W. A.," on the subject of intercollegiate athletics. The writer points out the benefits and the evils, connected with and resultant from intercollegiate contests, and concludes that "these contests are an evil to be abolished...
...letter in the Nation, extracts from which we publish today, advocating the abolition of intercollegiate athletics, contains in a concise form most of the objections to our present system. The writer, however, utterly fails to appreciate the arguments in favor of athletics. He claims that the prevention of provincialism and the increase of college patriotism are the only good, results and argues that these are far overbalanced by the evils of gambling, drinking, brutality and expense, by the confinement of athletics to the few men who are on the teams, and by the attendance at college of men who come...
...there was a letter written, as the delegate to the Foot Ball convention said, what has become of it? To whom and by whom was it written? Mr. Ammerman does not mention a letter. The first article, (see above) said the offer was made by an influential member of the Harvard nine. The second article says it was a Harvard man, and Mr. Ammerman is not able to give his official connection with the Harvard association...
...allowed to act alone in this matter. Whatever is the means employed, the writer urges that Harvard may put herself in such a position that with all truth she may make this announcement: This university is for learning first, for gentlemanly sports next, for professionalism not at all." The letter printed below is a bad confirmation of the last statement. As to her being for gentlemanly sports, one of her men in Saturday's game showed he could be the reverse by slugging his Yale opponent after he had been disqualified for striking the same man, an act which hitherto...
...lack of the evidence which a reply to my letter to Mr. Ammerman alone can supply, and from his silence when asked to name his man, and from what I have been able to learn as above stated I am led to believe that what Mr. Ammerman says of himself is true that "he takes no interest in college athletics," and also that there is no importance to be attached to his statement which is not worth the discussion it has caused...