Word: regarded
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Your leading article this morning with regard to the misappropriation of the 'varsity sweater states a real problem in our athletic management, and one that is likely to increase as our sports expand. The problem has, however, been long settled in England; and a glance at the method now in vogue at Oxford, for instance, will suggest, I think, a fitting remedy...
...bicycle team, the (field) hockey team and perhaps some others are all awarded half blues which differ slightly in each case. Members of such minor organizations as the golf club, the shooting club, the swimming club, and so forth, wear special colors, not the university blue. The etiquette with regard to all these colors-and in fact all club colors-is strict, and in consequence the most famous "blue" is proud to wear his insignia. At Harvard the 'varsity blazer was long ago relegated in consequence of vulgar misappropriation, the red sweater is following it, and now the letter...
...College has seen a winning eleven, or a winning crew, or a winning nine. This year has begun badly, but let the College make it end better. Regard defeat not as a disagreeable necessity, but as a disgrace that can be borne no longer. Let the whole University back the crew, the nine, and the Mott Haven team with all their might and ninety-one's victories can be repeated...
...would be far better for the sport that it were not played, and not a few would feel like losing faith in their own expressed convictions as to the healthiness of the game. We have every reason to expect that the contest will be beyond all question in this regard...
After three days discussion, Captain Brewer and ex-Captain Knipe of Pennsylvania, came to an agreement last night in regard to the officials for today's game: Referee, H. L. Pratt, Amherst; umpires, Laurie Bliss, of Yale, and M. A. Kennedy, of Leland Stanford. Harvard's linesman will be, F. Wood, of the B. A. A.; Pennsylvania's linesman has not yet been chosen...