Word: opinionative
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...meeting of the overseers yesterday it was voted that in the opinion of the board it was expedient that the existing committee on athletics should be increased by two members of the faculty and one undergraduate, the undergraduate member to be appointed by the undergraduates in such manner as the faculty shall determine; and that the committee should have entire control of all athletic exercises, within and without the preciencts of the university, subject to the authority of the faculty. The committee thus constituted comprises three members of the faculty, one physician, one graduate, and three undergraduates. It was also...
...following is the opinion of Mr. Evert J. Wendell, '82, on intercollegiate contests, as expressed in the "N. Y. Commercial Advertiser...
...Mott Haven cup in '80, '81 and '82. In '80 he won the intercollegiate championships at 100 yards, 220 yards and one-quarter mile, a feat never before or since accomplished by one man in one day. Mr. Wendell is still actively interested in Harvard athletic matters, and his opinion reflects to a large extent the graduate sentiment concerning the proposed change. He said...
Voted, Whereas, in the opinion of this board, an undue prominence is now given to athletic contests in the college, and the excesses and abuses attending the same and mainly incidental to intercollegiate contests should all be checked and guarded against for the future; therefore...
Voted, That in the opinion of this board contests should take place only in Cambridge, New Haven and such other New England city or town as the committee on athletics may from time to time designate; that university teams alone should be permitted to take part in the intercollegiate contests; that students should be prohibited from taking part in contests with organizations not belonging to the university, except on Saturdays and holidays...