Word: questions
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...criticism of Harvard's action published today presents another phase of the misconception which has grown up concerning our present attitude on the football question. The questions are asked, Is not the dual league after all purely a Harvard scheme? Has not Harvard by withdrawing hurt rather than bettered her position? The answer to one question is the answer to both. The trouble with Princeton has no don't called out an expression of much needless ill-feeling. It is impossible, however, despite our recent defeat at her hands, that Princeton should put into the field a fair team capable...
...therefore comes under the term professional. Affidavits have been shown to prove this, and a facsimile of a letter of Ames's tending in the same direction. It appears also that Ames and others have produced counter affidavits and declarations that the letter is a forgery. Now my first question: Why is it not fair and just to give Ames and Princeton the benefit of the doubt till the facts are established, or, at least, leave the question open? If the facts are established let us have them...
...sixth question then is, Why should this action have been without the notice or knowledge of Princeton? Why was it necessary to do this with any shadow of secrecy? If to obtain the desired dual league with Yale, why fear to give the college time to consider it? Why spring this alliance of the "fox and goose" on the university? The answer is, 'To take advantage of the ill-feeling excited by the Princeton game to get rid of Princeton.' Why not have done this in a straightforward deliberate way, if it is desired by both Harvard and Yale. Surely...
...informal meeting held last night the following committee was chosen to consider the question of a university dinner to the eleven; from the Law School-Adams, W. Alexander, Garrison, Honore, Hunneman, Keyes, King, Morse, Rand, Thayer, Wetmore, Willard; from '90-Blagden, Chalfant, Crehore, Dexter 1st., Fairbank, Fulsifer, Torrey, Wardner; from '91-Bass, Bowman, Brooks, Burnett, Fitzhugh, Frint, Goldthwaite, R. B. Hale, Moen. Stokes, Wendell, Williams; from '92-Amory, Allen, Chase, Carpenter, Forbes. Griswold, Hunt, Landon, Kidder, Powers. Rantoul, Saltonstall; from '93-Blagden, Blake, Cummings, Davis, Dunn, Ellsworth, Earle, Frothingham, Howard, Keyes, Parker, Robb...
...votes on the question were as follows: On merits of question, affirmative 11, negative 15; on merits of principal disputants, affirmative 7, negative 21; on debate as a whole, affirmative 4, negative...