Word: objection
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Yale won by a score of 2 to 1. Both sevens played raggedly and little or no team-work figured. After a mid-week game with the Massachusetts Agricultural College the most decisive game of the schedule came with Princeton in New York on January 27. Again the chief object of the whole Yale team was to cover Baker, and in this they succeeded, during the first half, although Carhart was given a number of difficult shots to stop by the Princeton forward line, and the Princeton forward-line generally meant baker. The half ended with the score...
...Haughton '99 will represent the University at the meeting of the football rules committee which will be held at the Hotel Astor, New York City, today and tomorrow. Many coaches and captains object to the present rules on the ground that they make scoring too difficult and give too great an advantage to the team which is on the defensive. To remedy this condition the following changes have been suggested: To increase the number of downs by one or decrease the distance to be gained in three downs from 10 to 7 yards; to lessen the advantages of a touchback...
...seems to us that a presentation of the facts is sufficient argument in favor of this proposed change. Any graduation exercises which require two-thirds of the graduating class to inform their parents that they cannot witness the final exercises defeat the very object for which most parents come to Cambridge at the end of the academic year; namely, to see their sons honorably discharged and the diploma received. It is true that the actual sheep-skin may not possess the intrinsic value of past years but the final ceremonies attached to graduation are naturally of the greatest interest...
...clock the Musical Clubs will give a concert in Sanders Theatre, presenting the program which met with such unprecedented success on the recent Western trip. In addition to the regular selections the program will include a number of specialties by various members of the clubs. The object of this concert is to give the Cambridge public and members of the University an opportunity to hear the clubs...
...finally by allowing men to group together, thus giving groups of friends opportunity to room together in the same entry or building. It was not, however, until two years ago that the scheme was finally made a practical success through the efforts of the class of 1911. The object of the Senior dormitories has been to unify Senior classes by giving men the opportunity to get to know each other better. This opportunity is one whose importance men do not always realize while in College but which they appreciate more and more after their graduation...