Word: statement
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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When, however, the statement is made that "in the opinion of Harvard,-a neutral body,-Yale is the champion for 1884," we confess that the fancy is carried a little too far. Harvard expressly stated, in a mass meeting of the students, that she did not agree with nor approve the sentiments expressed in the letter sent down by three private individuals to Yale, and we would call the attention of Captain Richards and the Yale News to this statement again. We do not care to enter into any controversy between Yale and Princeton. The foot ball championship has been...
...first premise for the sake of argument, yet I claim that the Committee offer almost no proof at all to support the second premise, viz., that the objectionable features of the game can not be removed by any revision of the rules by the Intercollegiate Association. This last statement is almost a pure assumption on the Committee's part. The only arguments they offer in support of their belief is that the changes adopted last year did not take away all objectionable features of the game. The Committee must grant that these changes did take away or lessen some objectionable...
...following statement, made by the manager of the Harvard Freshman eleven, explains the peculiar relations which have resulted in the forfeiture of the annual foot ball game to Harvard, by the refusal of Yale to play the game upon the date agreed upon...
Against these dissenting murmurs what defence can the CRIMSON make? Briefly, this. We claim that the students of this college, as a unit, desire the abolition of compulsory chapel, and we look to the completion of the canvass which is at present going on, for confirmation of this statement. Nobody has ever for a moment supposed that there would not be a small minority which would favor the existing regime, but we confidently predict that the entire student body, practically, wishes its abolition. Any claims to superior age or wisdom, we wish modestly to deny: it has always been...
...above is an attempt at a fair statement of the arguments urged by the committee in support of it's action. What do the students respond...