Word: compelling
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Dates: during 1881-1881
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...previous years collected money from the graduates, and see if the money could not in some way be raised this year for new quarters. The graduates consulted deemed it inexpedient to try to raise the money this year. Then Harvard requested Yale to stand out with her, and to compel the local committee to furnish quarters for Harvard. This was done because the New Londoners believed that Yale had the right to name the place for the race this year, and that she would name New London, and that then Harvard would be compelled to go to New London quarters...
...exclusive right to name the place for the race. The most that can be said in support of this claim is that it is a courtesy that has been extended to the challenged party. If this is an exclusive right of the challenged party, literally interpreted, Yale might compel Harvard to row in New Haven harbor this year. Harvard would be no less handicapped in rowing in New Haven harbor with good quarters than in rowing at New London with her old quarters...