Word: prohibition
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...just graduated from college, who, it is agreed, are "bound to be" narrow; and in some cases, where three-year men are assistants in courses taken largely by Seniors, and are called upon to correct themes of their own classmates. The remedy suggested is a regulation that shall prohibit the appointment of any Harvard man to a position as instructor or assistant in the University who has not been graduated at least two years. Personally, the reviewer doubts the efficacy of such a rule. To his mind, the question of the young instructor resolves itself into a question of individual...
Captain Foster, after explaining that he was speaking in place of Head Coach Reid, who had been called to a Football Rules Committee meeting, described the composition, functions, and powers of the athletic committee. The rule debarring Freshmen from University teams, said Captain Foster, was made to prohibit as far as possible the custom of proselyting. This rule also makes class numerals and teams of much higher worth and quality than heretofore. Participation in athletics demands the keeping of good hours, and for this reason alone men should try for at least one team during their College life...
Hurdling in the open field and hurdling through the line the committee decided to prohibit, and no player will be allowed to jump through the line with his knees or feet foremost, unless he does so at a point at least five yards from the point where the ball was put in play. Holding was also forbidden; the only allowable use of the arms being in blocking an opponent with the arms close to the body. A player running with the ball, however, will be allowed to ward off an opponent with his hands. The penalty for holding was fixed...
...stated by the chairman of the Class Day Committee that it would probably be impossible to hold exercises about the Statue this year because they necessitate the use of wooden stands, which, during the exercises, offer such danger from fire that the Corporation will probably prohibit their erection if the class itself does not wish to abandon them. A letter to that effect from the secretary of the President was read by the chairman. Such being the case, it was argued that exercises could be held to advantage in the round end of the Stadium, where there would be opportunity...