Word: preventing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Yale's last ditch is the provision of the Constitution that the final game shall be played in New York. Last year, after our Faculty had reluctantly consented to the New York game, Yale saw nothing in the Constitution to prevent her from forcing us to play in New Haven, and we will not consent that she shall revive that article this year for her exclusive benefit...
...rights must not be infringed upon, even at the expense of a breaking up of a modest social gathering. Again it is urged that the present system of surveillance is a bad one. But is this true? Are the proctors put in the buildings to report disturbances or to prevent them? Most assuredly the latter. We are given to understand, from good authority, that the faculty does not wish to hear of breaches of discipline in the college dormitories, but that they want the proctors to protect from molestation the men who take rooms in those dormitories and mind their...
...Savage before he can return it. This advantage is of but momentary duration, for runs by Ames, Price and Cowan bring the ball back further into Harvard's territory, Savage here made a good try for a field-goal, but missed on account of the wind. Holden and Harding prevent dangerous rushes by superior tackling, and Dudley secures the ball; Remington made a good run, but lost the ball when tackled, and Cowan, getting it, ran through the entire team till Peabody threw him by a low tackle. After a run by Ames, Harvard gets the ball again, and Sears...
...when the door is open for the entrance of the incoming class. The consequence of this is that the air becomes so foul that it is injurious for the health of the instructor as well as the students. A little attention to the proper ventilation of the rooms will prevent any serious consequences which may happen in the future...
Holden has only sprained his ankle, but it is probably serious enough to prevent his playing foot-ball any more this year...