Word: member
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...pursuit of athletic exercises as a means of livelihood, or for gain or any emolument; or whose membership of any Athletic club of any kind was not brought about, or does not continue, because of any mutual understanding, expressed or implied, whereby his becoming or continuing a member of such a club would be of any becuniary benefit to him whatever, direct or indirect; and who shall in other and all respects conform to the rules and regulations of the organization...
PIERIAN SODALITY.- Important rehearsal tonight at 7. Every member must come. There will be no rehearsal on Friday...
Last Saturday's New York Herald contained an article. entitled "Harvard's Way of Dolng it," according to which a member of the Harvard nine was in Phi adelphia last week trying to get Ammerman of the University of Pennsylvanu to leave his college and enter Harvard to play on the nine. Captain Linn denies the truth of this article and says it has positively no foundation. The article is verbatim as follows...
...BURLINGHAM, Secretary.CLASS of '6.- It is desired to try for the crew every member of the class who has a good constitution, is 5 feet 9 inches tall, and weigos over 154 pounds. Will such men or the friends of such men send their names and address...
PILLADELPHIA, Pa., Nov. 15, 1889-Another instance of the prevalent and pernicious system of "ringing in" outsider came to light here today. R. S. Ammerman of Danville. Pa., is a member of the University of Pennsylvania Law school and a very fine base ball player. An influential member of the Harvard nine was in town yesterday and today endeavoring to get Ammerman to leave Pennsylvania and enter Harvard. He offered to have Ammerman's tuition and board paid and give im a cash bonus besides. He even went went so far as to tell Ammerman that there was a ticket...