Word: gentlemen
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Dates: during 1890-1890
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...might seem to the younger men, this fact was quite a revelation to some of the older men who had got all their ideas of foot ball from newspapers. He congratulated all Harvard men that they had proven the sport to be worthy of the best efforts of gentlemen. But, he added "one swallow does not make a summer," and he hoped that the hard work and enthusiasm which had won the victory were but an example to urge future generations of students to earn success by the same means...
Professor J. B. Ames spoke next and paid graceful compliments to the men who have earned Harvard her first great foot ball victory, for showing that gentlemen and gentlemanly play not only could win but had won. He said that on looking into the matter he could not learn of a man who had been permanently injured at either Yale or Harvard by foot ball. He believed in the game because to be a player a man must control his temper and be brave...
...Gentlemen and lady friends of students, will find rooms and home comforts during Class Week...
...Gentlemen, will you remember that this new playground will only be good if it is used constantly and freely, and that it is a legacy from my friends to the dear old college...
...only other wish on my part is that the ground shall be called "The Soldiers' Field," and marked with a stone bearing the names of some dear friends, alumni of the University and noble gentlemen, who gave freely and eagerly all that they had or hoped for to their country and to their fellow men in the hour of their greatest need the war of 1861 to 1865-in defence of the Republic...