Word: respectable
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...possible. I believe that their enthusiasm and earnest desire to win, laudable enough in itself, causes them to lose all control of themselves and leads them into excesses which, I feel sure, they afterwards regret. As I do not think the Yale men can ever be altered in this respect, I think the only remedy is to stop playing foot-ball with them. The game with Princeton, of the week previous, which was much closer than the one with Yale, showed that foot-ball could be played with the proper spirit and enthusiasm without leading to any of the excesses...
...encourage it is a fraud upon parents, the majority of whom send their sons to college to obtain an education in something more valuable than athletics, though these have their proper places and their value. Harvard College is one of the chief, if not the chief, offenders in this respect, and I am only one of many who believe that its course in this, as in other matters, is as wrong as it can well be." It is appaling to contemplate the flood of denunciation and vilification to which we are now likely to be subjected as a result...
...they were behind Harvard; but in these two important points and also in holding the ball. Harvard was obviously inferior to her opponents. We are reliably informed that Yale is also very sure in goal kicking from the field, and that she depends on Harvard's inferiority in this respect as one of her chief sources of confidence for success in Saturday's game. We beg to say a final word to the team before the important game of Wednesday next. Beware of kicking high punts from half or quarter-backs. Princeton barely missed gaining a goal on Saturday from...
Another fact evidenced last Saturday was the futility of the new five yards rule to obviate the playing of the "block" game. Princeton's - or rather Peace's - skilful playing in this respect to waste time, made it plain that it was as easy to play a stationary, defensive game as before the new rule was adopted. It is to be hoped that some means may be taken at the next convention to make it impossible for a team to avoid playing an active, offensive game throughout...
Hazing is not yet entirely abolished at Yale, as it was tried on some freshmen this term. Harvard is in advance of American colleges in this respect, at least...