Word: sportsmanship
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...last year seemed to force on the committee at Princeton. Yale and Harvard the financial inquisition of which I am writing and in the responsibility of which I share, such a method cannot be permanent, and indeed cannot be used at all without danger to the very foundation of sportsmanship. Ultimately the information received by the Committee depends in most cases on the player's word. There is no questionnaire that a dishonest man cannot circumvent; and the man who wavers between honesty and dishonesty disposes with an easy conscience of questions that he regards as nobody's business...
...true generosity and sportsmanship of Harvard's considerable contributions to the Baker Rink Fund are brought into sharp relief by the Princeton-Harvard hockey event Saturday night. These gifts were not only meant to honor Hobey Baker, but also to benefit at Princeton the sport of which Baker was so admirable an exponent. Princeton's signal achievement Saturday could hardly have been possible without this benefit. We are swift to appreciate this fact, and while we rejoice, we acknowledge our debt. --Daily Princetonian...
...tribute to one of the finest sportsmen America has ever known, "Hobey" Baker. On the football field or in hockey Baker was an inspiration to everyone who played with him or against him. Not only was his ability as an athlete a constant delight to watch, but his sportsmanship, the clean spirit in which he did everything, made him loved everywhere athletics meant more than the mere winning or losing of games. Five years ago he was killed when his plane crashed behind the line in France. Today Princeton rightly dedicates this memorial to him as one of the greatest...
...efforts of the central board of officials to uphold the fearless administration of the rules and the maintenance of the highest standards of sportsmanship are endorsed heartily...
Today Centre is here again,--the same fighting spirit, the same clean sportsmanship, and an eleven as strong or stronger than ever before...