Word: pasadena
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...students in the University have been privileged to attend Pasadena's great yearly festival, "The Tournament of Roses." Many do not realize the wonder and the beauty of the event at which the University football team is to take a leading part. In some respects this great "American Riviera" resembles the "Battle of Flowers" hold at Nice, France, at which many of the American soldiers were present last year...
...sports are held in the famous "Tournament Park," acquired several years ago by the city of Pasadena. In this is the finest football field in Southern California and the only turf field. Here for many years winning teams from all sections of the world struggled in championship polo games the afternoon after the Pageant of Flowers, and the sport side of the festival has never been lost sight...
...large increase in the subscriptions received from the western part of the country is expected after the football trip to Pasadena. Up to recently less than 9 per cent, of the 1500 graduates living on the Pacific Coast had subscribed to the Fund. It is hoped that several hundred thousand dollars will be subscribed, due to the presence of the football team in California...
Pending the final decision of the Athletic Committee in regard to the Pasadena trip, the eleven is reporting for practice at the field daily...
That the University intends to live up to its admirable war record in the trying times of reconstruction which we are now passing through was shown by the unhesitating decision to call off the Pasadena game at the request of the fuel administration. The trip would have been of undoubted advantage to the interests of the University, and its cancellation comes as a really great disappointment to all men who are interested in the welfare of Harvard. Yet the Athletic Committee has not hesitated to sacrifice the University for the benefit of the country. Such peace-time service is without...