Word: insisted
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...simple reason that there is positively, no ground on which to base such a stand. If there was any 'reckless riding' or 'deliberate intention' it surely was not on our side,-not that we wish to say that there was any on Yale's side, but that we do insist that there was absolutely none on ours. Our man was leading and had the pole. Yale's man was overtaking him, but kept so near the Harvard man that when they were side by side the handle-bars were locked, and happily the Harvard man kept his seat. The accident...
...last. As for playing only one game, and that in New York, undergraduates, graduates, and the athletic committee, are solidly opposed to such an arrangement, and will not consider it. The games are played for the benefit of the colleges, not the New York public and Harvard men will insist upon having a match upon their college grounds. It Yale prefers New York to New Haven, she may choose the former. It is absurd to argue that New York is neutral ground. Geography and college representation both emphatically deny this. On the special student question, also, Harvard men are united...
...been mainly a test of physique, after this it will be more a test of brains. The men have reached a stage which almost any man can reach by spending the necessary time; they will now begin on work which only picked men can master. Mr. Alexander will insist on men rowing with their heads. It has been said that in rowing men the essentials for success are in the proportion of brains 75 per cent., pluck, 20 per cent, and strength 5 per cent. Freshmen seldom appreciate this fact. They would be surprised to find how many small...