Word: sportingly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...went through the files of the Boston papers at the Public Library for the year 1915. Without making an accurate comparison between the sport pages of that year and those of 1925, one outstanding fact appeared. And that is that in 1915, the "Big Three" received practically all the publicity, whores now it is spread over ten or a dozen colleges. At this rate, I should think the CRIMSON, would welcome any increase in popularity of the sport, for with that increase comes a decrease in the news columns of Harvard notes...
...CRIMSON believes that overemphasis upon football in American colleges has reached the point where something constructive should and can be done to restore harmony and a proper-balance between that sport and academic pursuits. Acting upon this belief, the CRIMSON submits a program of definite suggestions which, it is believed, will, if adopted, help to correct the existing maladjustment and disproportion between football and scholarship. If Harvard, acting jointly with some of the leading Eastern Universities, will take the leadership in such a movement, it is probable that other colleges would see the wisdom of adopting similar measures...
...more likely to be in sympathy with the ideals for which Harvard stands than an outsider. Because of his great influence upon the players, his character and personality should be paramount considerations. Since the object of coaching is to teach, men to play the game. and, since in every sport to play well is one of the greatest incentives to playing at all, the Harvard football coach should be the very best available...
...backers of the moneyed sport, many of them college graduates, declare that their project will not prove a bad influence on the collegiate game. Thus Dr. Harry A. March, sponsor of the Giants declares that "everything is done to prevent an amateur from commercializing his ability while he still belongs to an amateur organization. Everything is done to keep down gambling. I also believe that with the incentive of a professional career ahead, college players will constantly better the standard of their game. The professional game will also bring the small college player his due. Take the case of Parnell...
...that this editorial is not directed against football as a game, nor against students who play football. It is in the interest of those who wish really to "play" the game that the CRIMSON takes this stand against the overemphasis of football which has changed the game from a sport to a business, and a public utility into the bargain. The real issue is whether American colleges shall remain colleges in the older meaning of the word, or whether they shall cease to be such, to become the modern counterpart of the Roman circus as dispensers of spectacular entertainment...