Word: agreement
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...next year, playing for the first time with eleven men, Yale won by a score of one goal to nothing. Harvard made two touchdowns, but by previous agreement, these did not count. In 1877 Yale again wanted to play with elevens, but the Association to which Harvard belonged prescribed fifteen players. The game could not therefore be arranged. The next year however, Yale yielded to the demands of the Association, and games were played with fifteens until 1880, when the eleven was finally adopted...
...honorable conduct as well as in the development and care of the body. Not that we have reached the ideal, for there are still distressing lapses, but that the friends of intercollegiate sports have good reason to feel encouraged. The improvements have been accomplished by organization, rules, and mutual agreement among groups of colleges. After all, is not the standard by which college sports are to be judged, a moral one? And is not the moral question the one which will determine the permanency of these sports?" Here is the gist of the article. The moral effect of college sports...
...order providing that the proposed agreement be adopted was introduced, but it was tabled until the next meeting of the board...
...understood that this agreement also covers the cases of students in the courses in education in Radcliffe College...
...further agreed that as many Cambridge teachers shall be admitted without charge to a course in Harvard University or Radcliffe College each year as there are students teaching in the schools of Cambridge, as long as this agreement remains in force. The teachers who are entitled to avail themselves of this privilege will be appointed by the superintendent of schools of Cambridge. The course or courses to which these teachers may be admitted are either those given during term time or in the Summer School...