Word: recent
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Since the recent Harvard-Pennsylvania football game, the newspaper criticisms of decisions rendered by the umpire and referee have induced a popular belief that the University of Pennsylvania is unwilling to accept the result of the game without protests and explanations. It happens, also, that charges of unfairness, purporting to emanate from Harvard, have been preferred publicly against Pennsylvania as respects the playing of Brooke upon her team...
...result of the recent war between Japan and China, a university and preparatory school are to be established at Tien-Tsin. Plans for the university were begun ten years ago, but the whole scheme was in danger of falling through, till the recent war finally brought it to a successful issue. The university will be under government control, and will have a competent corps of foreign professors. Mr. C. D. Tenney is the first president. He was formally a tutor to the sons of Li Hung Chang. The latter, with other officials, has donated money with which a building...
...exaggeration to say that the name of Harvard is becoming a laughing-stock, or that "as a University" she is losing her reputation among any persons whose opinion is worth a moment's consideration. Her position and reputation are above even the potent influences of the football scores. Her recent athletic defeats are attributed (I do not say rightly, but speak only of opinions among college men) in part to developments in intercollegiate athletics outside the control of her students, and in part to her unwillingness to rival other universities by admitting the evils of professionalism in her management...
Owing to the recent troubles in the A. A. U. a movement has been started to establish an independent league of the best New England athletic clubs. The clubs which will probably make up the league are B. A. A., Newton A. A., Providence A. A. and Portland A. A. The plan is to have teams from these four clubs compete in track and field sports, tennis, cricket, football, water polo, baseball and other branches of sport...
...recent corporation meeting it was decided to erect a statue of President Woolsey, by both university funds and subscription...