Word: statement
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...detected in the gymnasium on Friday, deserves the commendation of all Harvard men. But as other members of the college have not displayed the same tact, and many reports have been sent abroad through the public prints, I think I may properly ask you kindly to publish this short statement: The unfortunate man in question has been examined by physicians of the highest reputation, who unhesitatingly pronounce him insane, and on their certificate has been regularly committed to an asylum...
...following has been received from a member of the Society of Christian Brethren: "The statement in the CRIMSON yesterday that by request of the Overseers the Christian Brethren had taken a vote on the prayer question has no foundation. No communication has been received from the Overseers, and no vote has ever been taken by the society...
...Williams Fortnight objects to the statement made by the CRIMSON that the admission of the Williams nine into the Inter-collegiate Base-ball Association increased Harvard's chances for the pennant...
...only one of the communications has even approached the question on which communications were asked. The Advocate cavalierly dismisses the subject with the statement that there are a number of reasons, none of which it states; and the Monthly avoids the main issue to discuss a minor point of detail, in the "danger" to the Conference Committee...
Tuesday's N. Y. Times has an article on Yale's prospects in the coming contest for the "Mott Haven" cup. The article starts off with the statement that the most enthusiastic Yale man can only figure out second place for his college, and adds, "It seems that though the men who might take a first prize had concluded to let somebody else have a chance. Brooks, '86, the champion college sprinter, positively declines to enter this year. Hamilton, '86, the easy winner of the bicycle race at last year's games, also holds himself severely aloof from the track...