Word: imbroglio
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...leading article of the February Monthly, occupying the place of honor, is a carefully considered history and discussion of "The Chilean Imbroglio" by Dr. Freeman Snow. The timeliness of the discussion and the clear and thorough manner in which it is done make the article one which should be read by every Harvard man who is interested in, or desirous of information about, our recent relations with Chile. In particular, Dr. Snow dwells upon those matters of dispute which involve some of the nicer points of international law. He comes to the general conclusion that "the history of this affair...
...first one again brings up the dual league imbroglio and declares that Harvard must not back down from her demands. One football game a year, and that in New York, is out of the question, and special students must not be excluded from athletic teams. The second editorial deprecates the action taken by the New York Graduates who drew up such unsatisfactory articles of agreement, though their active interest in college matters is greeted with satiation. The remaining editorials discuss the Sawin Memorial Fund, and urge interest in the nine this season...
...Young Men Christian Union on Bovlston street, Boston, on "The Evils of the Professional Tendency of Amateur Athletics." This will afford a good opportunity of hearing what one of our athletic committee has to say on a much discussed subject. The lecture was prepared before the recent foot ball imbroglio...
...action of our faculty throughout the entire athletic imbroglio of the last two years, we do not hesitate to say, has been marked with a spirit of secrecy and exclusiveness, which in our opinion is highly inexpedient, as is shown well enough by the results such a policy has brought about. The matter has gone too far for further concealment and indulgence in indecisive diplomacy...
...await Yale's reply to all this with interest. The entire spectacle of all this Yale vs. Princeton and Harvard imbroglio, is perhaps not altogether edifying. Neither is a criminal trial in a court room edifying. Both, perhaps, are equally important for the prevalence of justice, and the purification of society...