Word: tends
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...following is the advice of the paper published by the Lawrenceville, N. J. School to the members of the foot-ball team: "Eating ice-cream and drinking soda water are especially to be avoided, in spite of the temptations which abound in the village, as they undoubtedly tend to make the wind short...
That it is better for Harvard and Yale to confine their contests to each other is open to doubt. It would tend to increase the size of the two institutions and would act unfavorably upon athletic interests elsewhere. However, it seems to be the tendency. For some years the contest in base-ball has narrowed down to our New Haven rivals and ourselves, and the outcome of this season's foot-ball play has placed Princeton further in the background. Yale, we believe, looks upon this as a point gained, and likes to consider Harvard as her only suitable rival...
...affect the social relations of the fellows but would in the end be prejudicial to the best athletic interests of the school. Therefore we are emphatically opposed to any scheme which shall pledge any portion of the school to any particular college, or which shall in any way tend to increase the size of the delegation to any college. Feeling as we do in the matter, we cannot remain silent. We would urge the men who have the movement in charge to carefully consider its full import before taking any definite action...
That if athletic distinction were considered the summum bonum of college life, our teams would be strengthened through the stronger interest taken in them, is perhaps true; that athletics and a delight in athletics tend to elevate morals, and to introduce a fresh and healthy tone in any place where they are much considered, is beyond doubt. It is not equally certain that we can change the present order of things; for, firstly, the worship of athletic idols pertains to colleges, where muscular excellence is worshipped in its incarnation. Secondly, if we are to develop into a full-fledged university...
...unnecessary to go further. The object has been merely to show that all sports, pursued as ends in themselves, are necessarily limited to a very small class, and constantly tend to degenerate...