Word: spirited
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...favor of prohibiting intercollegiate foot ball. The premises of the argument are these: 1-"foot ball as at present played by college teams, is brutal, demoralizing to players and spectators, and extremely dangerous;" (2) "and we do not believe that at the present time and with the prevailing spirit, any revision of the rules made by the Intercollegiate Association would be effective in removing these objectionable features." From these premises they draw the conclusion that inter college foot ball (as far as Harvard is concerned) should be prohibited...
...other hand men among the students who have played foot ball and who understand the game, claim that changes can be made whereby the "brutal" and "demoralizing" features, and also much of the danger of the game can be done away with. It is also claimed that the "prevailing spirit" among the students is in favor of such changes, and that there is a very strong chance that such changes can be carried through the Intercollegiate foot ball convention. These opinions, as will be seen, are directly opposed to the assertion of the Committee. Who, I ask, is more likely...
...what seemed to us an arrogant and high-handed proceeding on the part of the committee, in springing changes on us just before the Yale game, and thus trying to force us to accept them. These conditions, happily, are now changed, and this opposition has changed to a spirit of co-operation...
After deliberate investigation, we have become convinced that the game of foot ball, as at present played by college teams, is brutal, demoralizing to players and spectators, and extremely dangerous, and we do not believe that at the present time and with the prevailing spirit, any revision of the rules made by the Intercollegiate Association would be effective in removing these objectionable features...
...believe that foot ball, played in the proper spirit, under proper conditions, may be made one of the most valuable of college sports, and we should deprecate its permanent loss...