Word: matter
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Boston to form a new association. We are informed upon the best authority that Yale will also send delegates and enter the new league. The leading base-ball men of Yale have been from the first strongly in favor of the triple league, and their action in the matter has been perfectly honest and straightforward, but they were hampered by the feelings of a part of the college and of the graduates. Now the committee have full power and they have decided to enter the new league in spite of violent opposition from a number of men in college...
...would like to call the attention of the Dining Association to a little matter which is certainly within their jurisdiction. Will they see to it that the obstreperous newspaper boys, who gather in crowds at the entrance to Memorial, be quieted to some extent? Playing tag and loud shouting seem hardly appropriate in the transept of Memorial, but these small youths seem to possess as little regard for the place as for the comfort of the students. Indeed, the cries of "Record, is a cent," and "Buy the only reliable paper," which are levelled by the rival venders...
...question, there is a preference and somewhere a decided advantage. Of course this implies also the presence of a disadvantage. To counterbalance one against the other, and to strike the juste milieu, will be the aim of the different managements, and we anticipate that the upshot of the whole matter will be satisfactory to all concerned...
...manner, it seems to us, taking into consideration that the affair is discussed from a Harvard standpoint. Our position here has been such that at times we have felt as injured parties generally do - that we have had the worst of several disputes, and for our voice in the matter we think Yale does not wish to complicate herself in any more schemes which possibly may result to her disadvantage. Sport is broad, and the fairness and impartiality which inspires other branches of our greater universities should be cultivated in the athletic department as well...
...Yale will probably follow suit. The smaller colleges intend to incorporate Dartmouth and Columbia with their league if they can get them. Dartmouth will doubtless join them, but Columbia has already signified her intention to go with Princeton and Harvard. There will probably be no news in the matter until the meeting Friday, when the colleges withdrawing will immediately decide upon the constitution and details of the new association...