Word: watching
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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CAMBRIDGE, ENGLAND, November 28, 1922.-The Union Society held a debate on Tuesday, November 21, on the subject of women's emancipation. The women are not allowed to attend Union debates but they are allowed to watch the proceedings from the Gallery which was on this occasion crowded out. They received cold comfort however, for by a majority of 103 it was decided, after a heated discussion, that a modification of the present course of female emancipation was desirable...
There is in addition, in choosing these mythical elevens, the difficulty of an unavoidable prejudice in favor of the University players. This is caused by the fact that Harvard critics are more familiar with their own men and consequently watch their playing more closely that that of an opposing team. This is especially true in the case of a linesman who may make several remarkable plays before a critic who does not know him is seriously impressed...
...Harvard rink, came to be regarded more as a spectacle than as a college activity to be supported. There was no cheering section and the seats in the Arena or at the old Ice-Pavilion were usually filled for the most part by individuals who came to watch with equal interest the professional fancy skater, the University hockey team play the Pere Marquettes and to whistle when the band played "Yoo-hoo" between periods...
...rink is a tribute to one of the finest sportsmen America has ever known, "Hobey" Baker. On the football field or in hockey Baker was an inspiration to everyone who played with him or against him. Not only was his ability as an athlete a constant delight to watch, but his sportsmanship, the clean spirit in which he did everything, made him loved everywhere athletics meant more than the mere winning or losing of games. Five years ago he was killed when his plane crashed behind the line in France. Today Princeton rightly dedicates this memorial...
...last season was the first time that the one-tenth second watch was used, it was ruled that until a former intercollegiate record was bettered by at least one-fifth of a second, in giving the record either in the official handbook or elsewhere, the names of both the old and new record-holders should be given with their respective records. This ruling applies to all records made before...