Word: mattered
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Harvard and Yale, the faculty feel that they can bring sufficient pressure to bear upon the Yale faculty to induce them to abolish professional practice at that college. Here, it seems to us, the faculty is at fault. Even supposing such an arrangement could be made, which is a matter of great doubt, the faculty would find further obstacles in this path of reform. The gentlemen who compose the faculty at Yale know too well the advantages of athletic victories. President Dwight believes in athletics as a strong element in college life; in other words, he is as much delighted...
...much-discussed subject of allowing college teams, and the nine in particular, to compete with professionals. The general force of "X's" argument must be admitted, but when he declares that our chief purpose in wishing to play professionals is to learn a few more "tricks" he puts the matter in a wholly false light. We do not want to win the championship by tricks, if by "tricks" "X" means anything underhanded or unfair. All the sentiment of the University is against it. As "X" declares, we already know the essentially fine points of the game. What we should hope...
...Throughout the college an idea is prevalent that Yale's victories in athletics this spring are but a matter of course. The basis for such an opinion is the fact that her athletic interests are in the hands of veterans. But, we ask, is it an established truth that veteran teams inevitably meet with success? Advocating this idea can but result in inspiring our teams with a feeling of over-confidence which, we know, is always and forever to be avoided. Let the fact that we are tied with Harvard, our valiant adversary, in the number of victories upon land...
...instructors, but they are also the cause of much discomfort to every one else in the room. The men who behave thus cannot be aware of the injustice of their conduct, and the one way to suppress such proceedings is for their classmates not to treat the matter so leniently by imputing the disturbances to ignorance and improper training. It is high time that the crudities of the new men have disappeared, and if the atmosphere of the college is not sufficient to bring this to pass, certainly the admonitions of instructors and advice of friends should be enough...
...There is, as a matter of fact, very little to criticize in the relations of the college and the city. The fact that Harvard has a large amount of real estate which pays no taxes is sometimes complained of by the over-careful tax-payer, who has a feeling that his own taxes are thus made higher. There is probably, however, not a city in New England whose people would not gladly give the land, with perpetual exemption from taxation, if Harvard University would transfer itself within their borders. Harvard certainly contributes vastly more to the city in merely material...