Word: statement
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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They were in conference from about noon until 8 o'clock, but nothing was made public. When Professor Ames boarded a train for Boston he said to a reporter, "nothing can be made public. We had a meeting with Princeton and negotiations are in progress." From Professor Ames's statement it is to be inferred that the two colleges did not reach a conclusion in regard either to the rules which are to govern the game, or some of the men on the teams...
Before noon today, blue-books will be placed at Leavitt and Peirce's, at Memorial Hall and at the Foxcroft Club. Each book will contain the subjoined statement, followed by the petition...
...following statement of Yale's position in the Harvard football controversy appeared yesterday in the Yale News. Coming as it does from the head of the graduate and undergraduate interests, and signed by Manager Foote, the document has a peculiar value to the universities. Yale makes the public statement purely in defence of her position in regard to the Springfield game...
...seems important that graduates and undergraduates alike should be informed of Yale's position with regard to football during the present season. A statement purporting to come from the Harvard Athletic Committee with regard to negotiations between the two universities has been published, and Yale is justified no longer in treating these negotiations as confidential. Throughout the winter and spring the newspapers were filled with charges against the Yale players and against its team and against the Yale spirit in general. From first to last no explanation or disclaimer of these charges came from any Harvard source...
...impossible for her to have replied in newspapers and, by counter charges, to have created what would undoubtedly have been a lasting breach. But her traditional silence was adhered to, in the belief, persisted in for months, that the charges would die out and that some form of statement would relieve her from the necessity for taking any action. It is an open secret that such a statement as was desired was written by the Harvard captain and that he was dissuaded from sending it by the Harvard officials. The other course was to call the Harvard captain's attention...