Word: sayed
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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William J. Bingham, director of athletics at Harvard, had nothing to say, and Major F. W. Moore, Treasurer of the Athletic Association was silent. No Harvard men gave any support to Hubbard's charges. But the judges and referees who officiated at the games were soon heard from. W. R. Okeson of Lehigh, referee and field judge, testifies that the games "were just good, clean contests between a lot of fine, decent boys coached by gentlemen sportsmen." W. G. Crowell, umpire and referee, described them in almost exactly the same language and said that violations of the rules were...
...sense of responsibility after a life of prescribed conduct is disastrous to many an individual. It is foolish to assume that a boy arrives suddenly at an age which qualifies him to judge all things relating to his own conduct for himself. It is difficult to say how we may remedy a too paternalistic attitude on the part of families but private preparatory schools could administer progressively larger and larger doses of liberty during the last year or two of a student's attendance to decrease the present gap considerably...
...worn undergraduate, in town for a rest-cure, after mid-years, Broadway offers the best of receptions. The following 14 notices give a brief resume of the most outstanding performances the town can boast. What will you be able to say of your vacation? This is one exam for which the widow's doesn't tutor...
...been informed that you are proposing to publish an article on football, criticizing the methods of playing of the Princeton team. I venture to write you this letter. Of course I have no right to ask you to refrain from publishing anything, but I think it is proper to say that all the authorities of Harvard University would deeply regret the publication of anything derogatory to Princeton, or its football team; and that we should be very grateful it you saw fit to withdraw the article in question. Very truly yours, (Signed) A. Lawrence Lowell...
...regret that I cannot comply with your request and have my article withdrawn. I say this for two reasons. First because, although I did not write the article in question with a view to capitalising it, I have accepted payment for it. Second, and most important, I most firmly and sincerely believe not only in that which I have written but in the support of the many Harvard men, in official positions and otherwise, who have endorsed and encouraged...