Word: rule
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...period rule only applies to a very few men, but to such men and the teams to which they rightfully belong, it works great injustice...
With the growth in importance of the minor sports, the injustice of the two-period rule has become more and more apparent. In October, 1904, the Athletic Committee, believing that the undergraduates were devoting too much time and thought to athletics to the detriment of their college work, decided that no man should represent the University in more than two of the three periods of athletics in any one year. They were unwilling, as was stated by Professor White two years ago, "to countenance the continuous devotion to athletics and the amount of absenteeism involved in membership on some University...
...adversaries may feel that this step is proposed in order to get more winning teams, but this is not the case, as is shown by the fact that practically no good athletes prefer to discard their sports for professional studies. It is simply felt that such a harmful rule should be changed into a better one. The desire to be fair to our opponents has been carried too far, and a regulation has been made which is unfair to the more diligent of our own undergraduates...
...using the libraries, laboratories, gymnasiums, athletic grounds or buildings, boarding at the Harvard Dining Association or at the Randall Hall Association, and making use of any other privileges as a student, until his financial relations with the University are arranged satisfactorily to the Bursar. Failure to comply with this rule is deemed cause for separation of the student from the University. A student under the Faculty of Arts and Sciences who is deprived of his privileges for nonpayment of dues is liable for a special fee of $10 upon his re-instatement...
...fault as a rule lies more with the men who are responsible for the appointment than the man himself. It is praiseworthy to desire an active part in the affairs in which one is interested; it is unfortunate when a man is obliged to take more on his shoulders than he should attempt because other freer men will not. What is the remedy? Make sure that the man appointed is not already burdened with more than he can carry. Strive to bring out more men in each class available for offices by a wider selection of committees and the like...