Word: bested
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...York, on Nov. 4, 1889, a rule was passed that no professional athlete should take part in any contest of the Association. This rule barred the member of the Princeton team referred to. The Princeton delegate alone voted against the passage of the rule. Most unfortunately for the best interests of college sports the statement sent us contains no reference to these three questionable cases...
...will tell you plainly, I will do all I can for you in every way. I can get your board, tuition, ete., free. The athletic men at Princeton get by all odds the best treatment in any of the colleges...
...prompt reply. As to your coming down here I will tell you plainly, I will do all I can for you in every way, if you really wish to come. I can get your board, tuition, etc., free. The athletic men at Princeton get by all odds the best treatment in any of the colleges. I would like to talk it over with you personally. If you will accept an invitation from me to come down and spend Sunday-say to one of our Yale games. If you will do this it shall be at my expense; I am talking...
These rules are the best evidence of the sincerity of our students in their effor's for reform. Within them no objection will be made by this Committee to any arrangement entered into by the students, provided these arrangements avoid interference on the part of participants and students at large with that study which is the purpose and reason for which young men come to college...
...policy thus far this year. The completenss of the evidence in Harvard's favor will prove a surprise even to those who have been all along the most sanguine. Practically every doubtful question has been satisfactorily answered, and certainly every serious charge has been fully met. One of the best features of the report too, is the evident spirit of fairness with which the whole matter has been treated. There has been no attempt at a concealment of Harvard's real faults and no desire to avoid the evidence of any seemingly disagreeable facts which may have been brought...