Word: protest
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...William Watson's poetry is fairly obvious, it is at least clearly thought out. W. A. Green's "The Versatile Mr. Kipling," is less satisfactory. He is guilty of saying that "in 'Gentleman Rankers' there is a more serious turn of finality" than in "the whimsically pathetic protest of 'Tommy'." If the Monthly had had a style book. Mr. Green would have been forced to tell us what he really meant. Now we shall never know...
...following official explanation of the protest made by Harvard against three of the Pennsylvania players, has been given out by Professor H. S. White, chairman of the Athletic Committee...
...Although the public discussion of intercollegiate disagreements is not always edifying or profitable, the University world is certainly entitled to know the facts determining the action of its own representatives. Regarding the protest by Harvard of three Pennsylvania players, the situation was as follows: Late in October the football management laid certain information before the chairman of the Athletic Committee affecting the eligibility of certain Pennsylvania players. The chairman wrote at once to the chairman of the Pennsylvania committee with reference to one of these players, and afterwards discussed the cases of three players with the Pennsylvania chairman...
...Pennsylvania list was received November 4, and the protest was forwarded the same day. The Harvard list had been sent the preceding week...
...should appear from this statement that the Harvard protest was made in due course, that it contained no charges of unfair practices, and that the points raised were of such a nature that a difference of view might obtain without involving any breach of friendly relations