Word: matter
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...view of these circumstances it is important for the University not to be so confident as to expect a victory as a matter of course, and not to be disappointed with the new rowing system if it looses in this first trial. It would be a really remarkable performance if the crew should win this year; all that we have a right to expect of it is for it to make a reasonably good, creditable showing, and we may feel sure that in this at least, the men will come up to expectations...
...leaving Cambridge, when I first saw the demands for my name in the CRIMSON, but there were others to be thought of. I now find that these others feel as I do and will stand by me. I am therefore at liberty to follow my own inclination in the matter. Until I knew this I felt that I must conceal my name...
Believing that such a committee of students could only be a success if thoroughly representative of the whole University, we urge upon all to think the matter over as carefully as possible. We also ask for communications on the subject, and shall be glad to publish all which contain good suggestions or throw any new light on the question...
...defeats, Harvard men have sometimes said that, as a result of the damp, so-called unhealthy condition of Soldiers Field, the teams have bee in poor physical shape for the important games. For the past year or more there has been a good deal written and said about the matter, although very few have had any definite knowledge of the health conditions of the field. As a natural result, many exaggerated and false stories have found their way into the newspapers and unfortunately the belief has gained ground in some places that Soldiers Field is malarial, generally damp and unhealthy...
...committee of undergraduates has been appointed to investigate the matter and the college authorities are in favor of action on the part of the students. It is not a case of common significance but one which puts the whole University in a very unfavorable light. It therefore seems the distinct duty of every Harvard man, even if personally affected, to lend a helping hand...