Word: reporter
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...give some definite idea of what its policy in the matter of college sports at present is or is likely to become in the future. As to this question at present the college is in the profoundest doubt. The passage on the subject in President Eliot's recent annual report is far from satisfactory as an expression of such policy. It is in many points vague and noncommttal, and can fairly in part be termed a special pleading. It criticizes without suggesting a remedy, unless by implication we take it to advocate the total abolition of inter-collegiate contests...
...well, that he was perhaps not quite himself. "Not yourself, sir," retorted the proctor, with great scorn; "you were drunk, sir! Infernally drunk, sir! In fact," and here Mr. Sophocles' voice softened, "you were so extremely drunk as to be a curipsity, and on that ground I'll not report...
...following editorial appears in the New York Times: "The remarks of President Eliot of Harvard, in his annual report, on inter-collegiate athletic contests have caused a good deal of comment. One journal in this city sagely says that probably no Harvard student ever thought seriously of becoming a professional baseball player or oarsmen. That may be true to a certain extent, but some Harvard men, nevertheless, have accepted money for their services as ball-players or boating men. Tyng, the famous catcher of Harvard, several years ago played a number of games with the Bostons, and Mr. Bancroft...
...secretary of the University of California, an institution largely the off-spring of Harvard, with many Harvard men in its faculty, says in his annual report: "The physical laboratory received this year only $250, while the same department of Harvard College has recently expended $115,000, and has an annual income from $75,000. The importance of the chemical department would justify an immediate expenditure of $50,000. A printing office is also needed." The secretary suggests that the next legislature be asked to appropriate $40,000 to be spent annually at the discretion of the regents, and also...
...hardly worth while taking up anew the discussion suggested by President Eliot's report as to the matter of college athletics as a training school for "professional" athletics. Very few new suggestions have appeared as a result of the discussion. With the majority of the supporters of college athletics, it is a matter of sincere regret no doubt, that of late years there has been so many cases of the entrance of college athletes into the professional arena. We certainly share in that feeling of regret. And yet there is undoubtedly another side to the question. Professional sports in general...