Word: movement
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...abolition of what has lately come to seem to many an unfortunate tendency towards undue specialization in our athletics may very possibly be one of the more important results of President Eliot's recent movement towards the reform of college athletics. Indeed, this may fairly be conjectured to be one of the chief aims of the movement. That college sports of late years have arisen to so high a degree of excellence and have developed teams, as well as individual athletes, of such exceptionally fine records, is surely a matter of congratulation to everybody. But that, at the same time...
...Princetonian of Oct. 13th says: "We had hoped, in this number, to say something definite concerning the movement among the colleges, restricting the excesses into which athletics are running. Our own faculty have, as yet, the matter under consideration, and have not therefore announced their policy. We feel confident that the spirit among the professors is decidedly favorable to athletics, and no restrictions will be made that will injure them. Whatever is done by the several colleges should be done in unison. If Harvard is forbidden to play with professional nines, it would be placing her at a disadvantage...
There is a movement on foot to obtain special rates between Princeton and Boston on the day of the Princeton-Harvard match. Whether they are secured or not, there will certainly be a large attendance of Jerseyites on Holmes field...
...expected that each of the other colleges that has co-operated with Harvard in her movement against professionalism will soon adopt regulations similar to those adopted at Harvard by the faculty committee on athletics...
...inclined to think that many will question the wisdom of the concession of this particular point. The evils which result from constant familiarity with the professional aspect of base ball have become so evident of late that it was no surprise to us when the movement against practice with professionals manifested itself, but we confess we are more than surprised at the way in which our rulers have been pleased to ignore the pressing need of some measure of reform. - [Yale Record...