Word: partisan
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...pass a rule that the judges, who at present do their best to distract the attention of the referee from foul plays of their own side, should not belong to either of the contesting colleges. I think that, if the two judges and the referee were all non-partisan, and all worked in the interest of fair play, the game would no longer be the dangerous and brutal (?) exhibition...
...many other colleges of masculine propensities are not the only institutions at which the political excitement of the present year has risen to a feverish height. From recent reports we learn that the staid and studious halls of Vassar have been the scenes of many noisy and turbulent partisan demonstrations. Strange to say, however, the fair politicians have not rallied in support of Belva Lock-wood, as one would most naturally suppose. The college has divided on purely party lines, one contingent arraying itself under the banner of the G. O. P., the other, and smaller, division espousing the cause...
...working hard and if, as he says, Moffat, their wonderful kicker, who is now a post-graduate, should consent to play, their team would indeed be a strong one, and one which our eleven will have hard work to defeat. His opinion of Yale is clearly partisan. But even he admits that Yale is playing an active game and the large scores which Yale has made in all her games up to date certainly show that her men know how to score, which is the essential in winning games. Our team showed in its game with Pennsylvania that...
...subject with which we have been favored, to refer again to the proposed torchlight procession on next Thursday evening. But much has been said of late concerning the alarming difference in political opinions among the students with reference to their bearing upon college unity. Twice have we seen partisan processions go out from Harvard, in support of partisan felling. Each time the college at large has not felt cooled upon to accompany the movement and has looked upon the procession as a merely local affair. And here the division of the students should cease. The canvass of the college resulted...
...meeting was one which showed an intense interest in the present political campaign, but proved of more partisan than abstract value. We would recommend a closer adherence to the question in the future debates of the Union. The question selected for debate at the next meeting was, -"Resolved, That the best interests of the country require the success of the democratic party in the coming election...