Word: systemize
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...visit America and play the winner of the Harvard, Princeton and Yale League. The games would be governed by rules which are a compromise between the English Rugby and American Foot-Ball Rules. This would probably necessitate a thorough study on the part of the players and a changed system of playing. Under the new style of play, it is hard to say which team would be the winner. The style of play of the Englishmen is to depend more on individual than on team work. With the well-organized and systematic team work of our American University elevens...
...colleges in the league. The financial aspect of the case was of great importance and could not be ignored. Harvard's share of the gate receipts in New York would be minute compared with the returns if the games were played alternately at Cambridge and New Haven. Under this system more men would be drawn into the contests; there would be better grounds for the sports; more enthusiasm would be aroused, and athletics in the two colleges would not have a tendency to run in special channels. Mr. H. M. Williams spoke first in behalf of the negative. He said...
...Cambridge aldermen have granted the West End railway the right to use the cable system in this city...
Resolved, that the English system of balloting should be adopted in this country...
...annual meeting of the Co-operative society. The business of the meeting will consist of the election of officers and the reading of reports from the various committees and from the superintendent. The past year has been the most successful in the history of the society. Under the system that prevailed up to the beginning of the present year, considerable dissatisfaction was felt to exist, and to remove this the present system was devised by the superintendent, Mr. Waterman, and adopted by the society. The wisdom of this change is shown by the fact that the amount of business transacted...