Word: sakes
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Under this system there could be no unjust charges of favoritism, no difficult choices devolving upon the managers, and, best of all, no attempt to bolster up a competition for the sake of drawing out the comparative qualities of the candidates...
...will not eligible to reappointment, or will not be given the choice of retiring or remaining in office. We sincerely hope that, with Mr. Garcelon in office, Dean Briggs, Dean Huribut, and Dean Sabine may have the time and the opportunity to accept the position both for the sake of the benefits of permanency and because we appreciate their efficient labors in behalf of Harvard's athletics...
...principal reasons advanced by the Faculty in favor of cutting down the number of intercollegiate contests is a belief that intracollegiate athletics, giving an opportunity for every man to indulge in "sport for sport's sake," cannot exist beside the overwhelming interest in games between the colleges. They also believe that the undergraduates are not unanimously opposed to a curtailment of schedules. Every opportunity that is lost to disprove these beliefs helps just so much to defeat our own aims...
...educated to believe in their right to extort money from "the students" by cringing or bullying, will outgrow the harm which such a practice has done them. Let us harden our hearts and endure the imprecations, of disappointed petitioners rather than encourage a noxious custom for the sake of temporary release from persecution, or a few minutes of mild enjoyment...
...have heard of no steps taken toward making it available for use. It is hard to believe that the importance of a prompt payment of the debt on the Stadium is greater than that of supplying grounds for the men who want to play games for sport's sake...