Word: paraphernalia
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...trench, the work of a British army officer, Captain Norman C. Thwaites, V. C., will be the next most important exhibit. It will be complete in every detail, showing the quarters in which the soldiers have lived, fought and died; and will contain all the usual paraphernalia...
...steady increase in expenses has evidently been paralleled at Yale, and the end is not yet in sight. On account of this the Yale Committee has found it advisable to limit the expensive paraphernalia and high-priced coaching systems that have come to be regarded as necessary for athletic success...
...everything to the desire for teams which will win, these things have led to absurd competition in expenditures. It is like the race for armaments. The argument is that no team can hope to win unless it can be provided with all high priced coaching, scouting, dieting and other paraphernalia that its rivals are getting. To the progressive development of that absurdity, as the Yale report wisely points out, there is no end in sight. The time has surely come, therefore, for our colleges to agree upon a scheme of retrenchment. The chief evil of intercollegiate athletics at the present...
...belief that many of the perplexing and disagreeable problems of eligibility take their origin from this multiplication of expensive coaching staffs, and extravagant paraphernalia. It is impossible to devise or fully enforce eligibility rules which will cover all cases of so-called professionalism unless there is a high spirit of honor among the candidates for teams. This spirit cannot be best fostered in an atmosphere of lavish expenditure, now considered necessary, owing to the nature of the rivalry above referred to. We should like to see Yale, in the near future, inaugurate a system of restraint upon such expenditures...
...having athletic equipment in the lockers at Soldiers Field remove it before the Christmas vacation and turn in the keys to the attendant. This request is made in order to facilitate the cleaning of the building during the recess and in case men fail to remove their paraphernalia the articles will be put together and tagged. Men are warned, however, that, even though care is exercised, considerable confusion is inevitable and may result in the loss of their belongings. Also, all locker leases expire at the vacation period and it will be necessary for men who wish to continue...