Word: presenting
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Resolved, That no professional athlete shall take part in any contest of the association, nor shall any college player or college be paid, or receive, directly or indirectly, any money, or financial concession, or emolument as a present, or as past compensation for, or as a prior consideration or inducement to playing, whether the same be received for, or paid by, or at the instance of the Football association, Athletic committee, or faculty of such college or university, or any individual whatsoever. And any player who is specially challenged under this section by any member of the association in writing...
...this stage. Just as soon as college games demand the active participation of graduates, just as soon, that is, as graduates return to college solely for athletics, just so soon intercollegiate contests have ceased to have a purpose. It is to preclude the possibility of this danger that the present action has been taken; and to it we must look for whatever improvement is to come. It is to be regretted that the committee could not have gone even farther, and confined athletics simply to undergraduates, but this obviously could not be done, for it would be impossible to impugns...
...subject discussed under "Topics of the Day" is the high rent charges for college rooms. The arguments advanced in favor of a decrease in rent are to the point, and lay bare the evils brought about by the present high rent. The communication touches the same subject as the second editorial. The Athletic Outlook is a straightforward article on the causes of Harvard's athletic defeats of the last few years and the present outlook, which, according to the writer, is "no more discouraging than any that have preceded...
...dinner of the Harvard Andover club will be held at the Boston Tavern, Friday evening, November 8, at 7.30. Principal Bancroft, Professor Graves and Professor Palmer will be present. Acceptances should be sent to J. W. Lund, 14 Wadsworth house...
...college authorities are making arrangements for an exceedingly interesting course of lectures on electricity to be given this winter at the Jefferson Physical Laboratory. Among the speakers are the greatest electricians of the present time...