Word: statement
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...indeed admitted in the dedication that the book can lay no claim to being representative of Harvard, but this inconspicuous statement will be overlooked or soon forgotten by the average reader, and a distorted picture of life here will thus be circulated. If such a thing were possible, it would do no harm to confine the circulation of "Harvard Episodes" to Harvard undergraduates...
ALBANY, N. Y., Dec. 8, 1897.- Captains Goodrich, Whitney and Colson arrived at the Hotel Kenmore this morning and remained in conference a good part of the day. No definite statement will be given out for publication as the conference is merely preliminary. The men will leave Albany tonight...
...much to be regretted that Mr. Lehmann has been put to the trouble of making the statement which appears this morning. No better example could be found of the absurd extremity to which the newspaper interviewing nuisance is carried than the persistency with which Mr. Lehmann has been badgered for opinions on all sorts of subjects, whether or not connected with his work at Harvard. In the present instance the "quotation" has even less than the usually slight foundation of truth, being gracefully manufactured to order...
...strong point for Yale. Harvard contended that the Uaited States needs a coaling station in the Pacific; that in the event of a foregin war the United States would have to have such a station in order to sweep the Pacific of her enemies' ships. Yale answered this statement by saying that the annexation of Hawaii would only extend the boundary of the United States 2000 miles further westward, and would necessitate doubling the number of ships in our navy, increasing the army by 15,000 men, and it would cost $30,000,000 to fortify the Hawaiian Islands...
...statement we publish this morning from Captain Cabot will effectually clear away the mass of rumor and misinformation which has been flying about for the last few days concerning the football men. Of course the wearing of the "H" is regulated by the Athletic Committee and no summary action could be of effect without a change of the rules which are now in force. The measure was, then, necessarily voluntary. Far from showing that the coaches have taken such harsh measures to awaken the team to a sense of responsibility, the whole episode offers strong proof that the men feel...