Word: mets
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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After a rest of five minutes the ball was faced and went quickly to the Harvard attack, where it remained for some minutes; again there was fine play by the Harvard homes which was met by the Princeton goal-keeper, who at last sent the ball up to Harvard's posts. Blakemore secured it and threw one of the few dangerous shots made, which was cleverly turned aside by Peck. Up to this point the heavy men on the Princeton team had depended a great deal on rushing, and they now showed signs of weakening decidedly. The Harvard fielders...
Accordingly the student members of the Conference Committee met on Monday, May 17th, to consider what action it was advisable for them to take in answer to the faculty's request. It was the general opinion of those present that the vote of the faculty was not consistent with the unanimous recommendation of the committee; that if the student members of the Conference Committee complied with the faculty's request they would assume the position of agents of the faculty, and bring about nothing more than a modification of the old proctor system; that if a committee of students were...
...Harvard Union met last night in Sever 11, and debated the question, "Resolved, That responsible government more truly represents the people than our present constitutional government." The ballot on the merits of the case resulted in 13 votes for the affirmative, and 40 for the negative. The debate was then opened for the affirmative by Mr. Paine, '88, who spoke clearly and forcibly. He was followed by Mr. Burdett, '88, for the negative, Mr. Hesseltine, '88, for the affirmative, and Mr. Chenoweth, '88, for the negative. The vote on the merits of the argument of the principal disputants resulted...
...Saturday evening, May 1, delegates from Yale, Princeton, Wesleyan, and the University of Pennsylvania met in the Fifth Avenue Hotel, New York, to arrange for the inter-collegiate foot-ball contest next fall. There were present Messrs. Brooks and Keyes from Harvard, DeCamp, Savage and Bradford from Princeton, Peters and Corwin from Yale, and two representatives each from Wesleyan and the University of Pennsylvania...
...varsity nine has met with its first defeat at the hands of a college nine, a defeat that stands out clearly against the overwhelming victories that it has been the fortune of the nine to gain. There is one thing that makes the contrast more striking, and that is expressed in one word - "professionalism." Hitherto we have been matched against teams that have had so little merit that our nine has been able to gain little from the contests. Is this the practice that will enable Harvard to play a game of base-ball that shall be worthy the name...