Word: objections
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...attaches an importance to football all out of proportion to its real value. It demands practically the exclusive attention of the squad for more than two months, and for almost as long absorbs the interest of a vast crowd of sideline shouters; and it disregards the real object of College sport--a general participation in healthful exercise for recreation and larger acquaintance. It is worth while considering whether the whole system of athletics should not be changed, either to one completely intra-college, or, as suggested by Mr. R. A. Derby '05, in the "Outlook" for October...
...considering the objections against successful football we can see nothing which is inconsistent with our ideals of sport. True, we do not wish to inaugurate recruiting stations in the preparatory schools, although there is no harm in urging upon our friends the advantages of this institution. We believe that Harvard can turn out winning teams with the material which naturally comes to us, provided that football coaching is so systematized that we can make the best of our resources. At present our object is to beat Yale in football, and as long as undergraduates are united upon that point, there...
...first of the University teas for the year will be held this afternoon from 4 to 6 o'clock in the Parlor of Phillips Brooks House. The object of the teas is to provide an opportunity for students to meet one another informally, and to bring them into closer relations with the officers of the University and their families, particularly with those professors whom they do not meet in the class room. As in former years, the management of the teas will be in the hands of a permanent executive committee made up of certain members of the Faculty...
...meeting in Conant last Thursday evening the Harvard Educational Club was organized and the following officers chosen: president, W. C. Moore 3G.; secretary, G. N. Fuller 3G.; treasurer, J. B. Hebberd '09. The object of the club as stated in the constitution is: "To promote interest in educational matters and in teaching as a profession, and to cultivate the spirit of good-fellowship among the students of Education in Harvard University." Any student, instructor, or professor in the University who is interested in furthering this object is eligible to membership. The club expressed its desire especially to welcome all students...
...immediate object in view of this work is to develop men for the open indoor handicap games to be held in the Park Square Garden on Wednesday, December 4, in which 31 men have been entered, and later for the Boston Athletic Association meet on February...