Word: opinions
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...These, who are the very ones to be persuaded, may possibly be won by the formation of new debating societies, or by some ingeniously contrived rewards of a speedy and obvious sort, but scarcely by the suggestion that they might in the uncertain future become efficient leaders of public opinion...
...without end. They give ample proof that football is not an interest which influences players alone, but one which fires the whole University. Some think that the importance of football is exaggerated, and they have strong arguments with which to back up their ideas. The great weight of opinion, however, seems to bear upon the fact that we are out to win, and that we should make the most of all fair methods of attain that...
Permanency is the essential of a football system. All other considerations are mere details. But, in order to secure permanency there must be some change in methods. In order to put before the men who have the final decision in such matters the consensus of opinion, we solicit communications from all who have well-considered opinions on the subject, especially from the graduates and undergraduates who have played football and who have the most intimate knowledge of actual conditions. We shall endeavor to publish as many as possible of the views on this subject, in the hope that they...
...estimate the exact influence which John Harvard exerted upon this University. In the early days of any institution a small thing may turn the scales toward success or failure. Let it suffice that John Harvard's gifts to this University were important enough to entitle him, in the opinion of his contemporaries, to give his name to the institution of which we are all proud to form a part. With general support the demonstration this evening will show how we value the timely aid which our virtual founder gave to the struggling College...
...article appeared in yesterday's "Boston Globe which probably caused some indignation among those who read it. Very likely the writer does not express the real opinion of any but a small portion of Harvard men. But the sentiments which are voiced after every hard-fought Yale game are enough to justify him in his conclusions. "Isn't it about time for Harvard men to stop being satisfied with creditable defeat?" With this sentence the Globe writer introduces his arraignment of our attitude toward football. The accusation angers us at first; but how is the outsider to know how bitter...