Word: objectional
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...spring of the year at Harvard it has almost become a tradition for the supporters of minor sports to object that spring football takes too many men from the regular athletics of that season. They protest that if this practice of playing football for the three most crucial weeks in the final college semester were abolished, it would be possible for Harvard to assume a role of greater importance in such sports as lacrosse. Ignoring the fact that crew is the most popular spring athletic, activity, the supporters of this belief hold that the men who would be released...
Although the book is to be primarily a story of Harvard football the growth of the science of football as developed within the past 50 years and the development of the game in America are to be portrayed. It is the object of the editors to revive many old Harvard football personalities and to add local bits of Harvard history wherever it is fitting. Many interesting cuts and illustrations depicting old Harvard scenes will also add to the uniqueness of the book...
...Pittsburgh, Pa., one William Nauer, husky Lithuanian, had by last week washed 500,000 trays since last August. Object: to discover the effects of soap, water and dishcloths on the surfaces of the trays, a new product of Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing...
...main object of the practice yesterday was to let the players get the feel of the ball and to let them loosen up after the winter's lay-off. The linemen were divided up into several groups under W. A. Cleary '15, C. J. Hubbard '24, F. A. Pickard '29 and John Donovan. These worked on the fundamentals of line play, charging, coming out of the line and falling on the ball. Captain J. E. Barrett '30, J. N. Trainer '31 and J. Potter were the only 'H' linemen who were present yesterday. Some of the members of the forward...
...mere 17 day pause in the work of a session. Senator Edmunds introduced a bill to declare that the "pocket veto" could be exercised only at "the final adjournment of a session." Senator Sumner agreed with this interpretation. In the debate on the proposal Senator Bayard declared: "The very object of the clause looks to the fact that the bill should be returned during the session of the House in which it originated." The Senate passed Senator Edmunds' bill, 29:11. The vote means just this: 29 Senators believed that any adjournment sine die would give occasion for a "pocket...