Word: uniform
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...committee of blues" regulates the granting of the 'varsity uniform in each particular instance. This committee is composed of the leading 'varsity captains,- the presidents of the boat club and athletic club and the captains of the cricket club and of the Rugby and Association football teams. They usually award a "full blue" to the members of the five teams they represent; and in addition to the chief representative in court tennis and rackets. On the athletic team, however, the "second strings" get only a "half blue." This differs from a "full blue" in that the sweater has no blue...
...greater number of your correspondents on the English C question have asserted that the instructors are not agreed among themselves as to a uniform standard of marking, and in support of their position have pointed out what they consider the unusually low marks given in one of the sections. Now is this assertion of theirs really correct. Are the instructors actually assigning marks upon different standards of excellence? Those members of the course who are in the 1.30 section may remember a statement of the instructor in charge which would seem to cast some light upon the question. He said...
...Alumni Associations to become strong so far from the inspiring influence of the University. The graduates are not so thick as about Boston and they find it hard to keep in touch with the spirit of their Alma Mater unless they have some direct message from Cambridge itself. The uniform effect of the coming of the musical clubs or of President Eliot to a western city is to gather together the Harvard alumni and to revivify the Harvard Club of that part of the country. Now that the Faculty have taken away one of the means whereby the western graduates...
...Permanent arrangements would lead to uniform playing rules.- (a) The existance of conflicting systems of rules is deplorable: Caspar Whitney in Harper's Weekly, Sept. 28, p. 932; Walter Camp in Outing, Nov., 1895, p. 170.- (b) Permanent rules for Harvard-Yale games would set a standard that would be generally adopted.- (c) Could be made a powerful means of reforming athletics...
...Pooling is inexpedient.- (a) Pooling is of no particular advantage to the public.- (1) Pooling does not give uniform rates.- (b) The pool cannot be maintained permanently: Senate Select Comm. Report on Inter-State Commerce, Evidence, p. 403.- (c) If the pool could be absolutely maintained its rates might be uniform but of such a character that they would be a public burden.- (d) Pooling does not reduce rates: Rept. Inter-State Com. Comm. 1889, p. 80,- (x) etc.- (i) Every reduction of rates has been in consequence of the revolt of one railway or another against the rule...