Word: methodism
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...bone of contention was the method of judging. Harvard has for some years adhered to the NCAA Rules, which Yale adopted this year for the first time. These regulations provide for decision by two judges, on a point basis, the referee having the power, by Rule Seven, "to cast the deciding vote when the Judges disagree". Harvard has in the past gone on the assumption that these rules implied the casting of each vote as an entity, giving the winner a vote of either 2-0 or 2-1. By this application of the rules, the judges need not reveal...
...protest or hard feeling has arisen on either side as a result of this dispute; it is simply a question of which method is the correct one. Only a high tribunal can settle issues involving a direct difference of opinion as to the interpretation of existing laws. The National Collegiate Athletic Association is the supreme court of boxing, and must therefore be consulted in this matter. Harvard and Yale must agree to accept the opinion of this body and allow it to stand as a precedent for future boxing decisions...
...deciding vote. The total of scoring by points of the two judges and the referee are then added up. For this boxing meet the referee are then added up. For this boxing meet the referee and judges were most carefully selected, and approved by the Harvard Athletic Association. This method of scoring was agreed upon by both judges, the referee and both coaches before the match started. In the case of the bout between Huffman of Yale and Olney of Harvard, the score of one judge was Yale 29 1/2, Harvard 30; the score of the other judge was Yale...
...intercollegiate boxing rules do not provide any other method of scoring. The referee of the matches has at the request of the Y. A. A. today reviewed the entire situation and has confirmed his decision...
Kelly's brief report expressed undergraduate support of President Conant's stand. Grounds for protest were absence of teachers preaching subversive doctrine at Harvard, curtailment of academic freedom brought about by the law, and failure of the method of the measure to effect its purpose in any case...