Word: neutrality
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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They were unable, however, to agree upon the place for the fifth game which was to be played in case of a tie. The Yale representatives offered Springfield as a perfectly neutral ground, being equally distant from both colleges. The Harvard representatives were unwilling to accept this, but offered the following propositions...
...Masquerade" continues the Marvin series. Like its predecessors, it is written in the neutral tinted style of Henry James. It is long drawn out and pointless, though the author shows skill in expression...
...games are played for the benefit of the colleges, not the New York public and Harvard men will insist upon having a match upon their college grounds. It Yale prefers New York to New Haven, she may choose the former. It is absurd to argue that New York is neutral ground. Geography and college representation both emphatically deny this. On the special student question, also, Harvard men are united. The special students are an integral part of the Harvard system, just as much as the Sheffield Scientific students are of Yale. No Harvard man can think for a moment...
...committee was first accepted to express satisfaction with their work; then a motion of definite approval of the attitude of the report was passed. The committee demands one game of football at New York, the barring of special students from the teams and a deciding game of baseball on neutral grounds in case of a tie. A motion that the committee confer with Princeton with a view to making similar arrangements brought out the strong feeling of Yale regarding discrimination against Princeton, but was finally laid on the table because it was thought best to finish the business in hand...
June 28, Harvard on neutral grounds...