Word: argument
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...convinced that if an undergraduate sentiment which will tend to frown upon this practice of leave-taking can be created, a weighty argument against the continuation of intercollegiate athletics will eliminate itself. J. L. DERRY...
...colleges are beginning to realize that, much as we need intercollegiate athletics, we need something more, in order to put athletics in general on a proper footing. Dr. Born, speaking for Yale, points out that the intercollegiate athlete is physically away ahead of the average student (a strong argument in itself for intercollegiate athletics), and that by more general participation the physical vigor of the whole student body will be increased. The Daily Princetonian, voicing the Princeton undergraduate sentiment, says: "We do not believe intercollegiate contests to be harmful, but rather a most beneficial and necessary factor of college life...
...heated athletic discussions that have emanated this year from every conceivable source we have met among other contentions the argument that athletics today do not offer a field of activity for all the student body. We are told that a few men play well for the entertainment of a large body of non-athletic spectators. Fortunately to a large extent this is no longer the case. The "non-athletic spectators" are themselves becoming competitors in the less important games within the University. When the rest of Soldiers Field is reclaimed, and the Athletic Committee has demonstrated its ability...
...than your loins. You will go in fear of him; he will not go in fear of you. You will do what he wants; he will not do what you want. You will find that you have no weapon in your armory with which you can attack him; no argument with which you can appeal to him. Whatever you gain, he will gain more...
...privilege for the CRIMSON to be able to publish this morning an article on athletics and training by so well known an authority as Dr. Sargent. There is one point in the argument which is especially gratifying from Harvard's point of view--the expressed belief that intercollegiate games tend to create college spirit and college unity, and that great strides have been taken in the intercollegiate athletic world to eliminate the undesirable elements that have blinded many of our elders to the overwhelming advantages. And just there Dr. Sargent points out a duty to the athletes that are representing...