Word: protestant
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...name of those who believe that Harvard is and ought to be a university and not merely a college, I wish to protest against the action of the Athletic Committee in refusing to ratify the election of Captain Waters. We believe that every member of the University, no matter in what department, has a vested right to represent Harvard in athletics. This vested right it has been found necessary to abridge to a certain extent to kill the canker that threatened the very life of intercollegiate athletics-the so-called "professional" athlete. This was done by the one year residence...
...admit that we in the East are guilty of great offense against this virtue; and were you equally honest, you would have to confess that even your ministers are often sadly immoral. It is easy to say that because of it this or that religion is wrong, and to protest against that of which we do not approve; but until we have proved ourselves to be above it, to have outgrown such popular failings, our protest is but a sham...
...regulating intercollegiate relations. Wesleyan for one reason or another left the association last Saturday and cancelled her game with Yale; Pennsylvania feels so sore over the recent action that she would probably withdraw from the association if the eligibility of her players was questioned to the extent of official protest; the remaining colleges, Yale and Princeton, seem to have no settled relations with each other. Such a state of affairs is very unsatisfactory to every one who feels that college athletics above all should be free from politics and securely based on frankness and sincerity. Surely this mutual distrust...
...Saturday, November 11. The umpire will be Charles H. Schoff, ex-captain of the University of Pennsylvania team, and the referee will be Gardiner Perry of the Harvard Law School. The game will be played under agreement signed by managers Clark of Andover and Wright of Exeter. Should any protest or dispute arise that cannot be settled by the two managers, it shall be submitted to three judges, each manager selecting an alumnus of his school, and these two a third. Their decision will be final, and failure to comply with it will be punished by forfeiting the game...
Fourth-Two weeks previous to a game of the assocaiton the two captains shall submit a list of thirty players from which his team is to be chosen. In case of objection the captain shall submit protest within four days to the Advisory Committee and to the other captain. The Advisory Committee shall have power to decided upon eligibility of played and shall consider protest within 48 hours. Either captain may submit a further list of four men not later than five days before the game. Protests to any of these may be made in same manner, and the Advisory...