Word: paw
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...strong body in the faculty, headed by a personage of great influence, the aim of which is ultimately to confine Harvard athletics within the limits of Harvard college." The editorial then accuses this faction of working secretly against intercollegiate athletics and of making the athletic committee a cats-paw. This accusation is almost absurd. There are undoubtedly many members of the faculty and overseers who do favor the abolition of intercollegiate games but they have never concealed their hostility. A majority of the faculty, and of the students also, we believe, are in favor of restriction and of the abolition...