Word: slightly
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...executive committee of the Intercollegiate Athletic Association has entered recently into negotiations with the League of American Wheelmen with the view of re-instating the college riders who were suspended last year from competing in any races held under the auspices of the L. A. W. Some slight changes have been made in the college racing rules which have met the approval of the executive committee of the L. A. W. and it is probable that in a short time all the suspensions will be removed. The intercollegiate rules, as they now stand, accord very nearly with...
...University. It has been the one form of athletic contests in which Harvard has, of late, met Yale with a great degree of success. Success has not come easily: it has been the result of hard thought, hard training, and great effort. Success, moreover, has not been of slight moment: the games are widely recognized as one of the chief tests of athletic superiority among the universities. Appreciation of honest effort and well-won success would dictate ample support to the team, and yet last year Yale, with all the circumstances reversed, contributed twice as much money to her team...
...Customs Union is more desirable than reciprocity because (a) it would not be likely to be terminated on slight pretext (b) it would prevent frequent change in our tariff policy...
There is need of a board walk across Holmes Field. The number of men who must each day cross the field in order to practice in the Carey Building is large, and there is no good reason why proper accommodations should not be provided. The fact that only a slight amount of artificial flooding would make the field a pond is sufficient indication of its condition. The cost of the walk would be small and the convenience given would certainly be large...
Everything is uncertain, and the chances of victory are very slight. It is a struggle against great odds, and is recognized to be such both here and by the general public. No opportunity could be more favorable for Harvard to show how courageous a spirit she can exhibit on occasion. It is not enough that Harvard should do well with the odds in her favor; but, rather, the heavier the odds against her, the greater ought to be her efforts. There is a feeling among outsiders that Harvard is lacking in grit to rise to great emergencies. An ill-founded...