Word: matters
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...that the delegates will have been instructed by their respective institutions in regard to the attitude to be taken toward the new committee appointed by the New York University Conference. This will come before the Harvard Athletic Committee at its meeting on Wednesday, and Harvard's position in the matter will probably be determined at that time. The Graduates' Committee is holding meetings frequently at the B. A. A., and will report to the Athletic Committee on Wednesday. Nothing will be done by the National Committee toward changing the rules, until it is finally decided whether...
...players of the university squad were required by the head coach to report every injury no matter how trivial it seemed to them, to the surgeon in charge. In expectation of numerous minor injuries and with a knowledge of the occurrence, in some previous years, of occasional epidemics of minor infections, special precautions were taken regarding asepsis this year. In the first place, an efficient sterilizing outfit was installed. A sufficient supply of clean towels was provided in order to prevent the possibility of transmission of skin infections, and pains were taken to see that the underclothing of the players...
...things? Some things, yes; but not those things for which a university should stand. Football does cause loyalty to an ideal, but not the proper ideal. Our opponents say the danger is a question of bumps and bruises. It makes a difference where these bruises come. This whole matter hinges on the question: Why does a man come to college after all? Surely not to play football, and spend time in the hospital. Our opponents say that football is a player's whole-heared work. It is, he sacrifices his studies...
Professor Ostwald opened his lecture by citing the results of scientific investigations, intended to show the inadequacy of man's scientific knowledge. We have the atomic theory that all matter is composed of infinitely minute parts, which keep their individuality unchanged under all circumstances. But scientists have recently shown that radium, an element, appears to change to helium, an entirely different element. This shows that the atomic theory is a mere hypothesis, and that the changeless atoms may be proved actually subject to change, if indeed they exist at all. Scientific predictions, then, may be said to be valuable only...
...meeting of the Junior class last evening a motion was passed empowering the president to appoint a committee, including himself, to investigate the matter of the allotment of Yard rooms. This committee was appointed as follows: J. D. White, J. Reynolds, R. L. Bacon, R. B. Gregg...