Word: soliciting
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...University games with the exception that for the large games placards may be placed on cars running to the place of the contest. The position taken by the Committee was that the University games are for members of the University and that any effort to solicit other attendance by advertising is undignified. The exception was made on the ground that the placards on the cars to be used by those going to the game would serve as a means of information, rather than advertising...
...ought to exclude all men who come from the secondary schools solely for athletics. The difficulty is to find out who they are, as it is impossible to know the motives of a man when he registers. One thing that could be done would be to discourage the solicitation and procurement of athletes from preparatory schools by making a one year rule applicable to undergraduates. No first year men would under this rule be allowed to compete on a University team. The system by which superior athletes are obtained from the lower schools is a much greater abuse today than...