Word: objected
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...have to be straightened out before the opening of the colleges next fall. In the meantime it is very essential that such problems as the one already discussed be decided one way or the other. In short, the universities and colleges throughout the country must not be made the object of experimentation if previous solutions can prevent...
...agree that such substitution leads to an absurdity, but that is the fault of the English language, for there is no object to be gained by such substitution. The league cannot agree to anything until it is created by the high contracting parties. Carrying the analogy to the debating society further, it is submitted that it is entirely proper to say 'we agree that the society shall be intrusted etc.', but is unrhetorical to say the society agrees that the society shall be intrusted, etc.' The same misconception of the significance of the relation of these expressions is shown...
...prime object of the football season has been, is, and always will be to beat Yale. A team could not be held together without the prospect of reaching some ultimate goal. In order to win, every available means within the limit of amateur rules and a gentleman's code, should be taken...
...former customs which has been the object of much attack by the so-called athletic reformers, is secret practice. This is, in reality, absolutely necessary. A game is no game, if the other side knows all the moves. The fear of the unexpected is what constitutes interest. It also serves the purpose of keeping the student body from spending its afternoons on the Stadium tiers when each man should be engaged in some form of exercise. Secret practice in itself is harmless. It is only the agitators who call it semi-professionalism and against the spirit of fair play...
...case this stimulus produces no reaction, the class is in no position to object to the candidates the former officers may nominate. At least the proposed system will give the class an opportunity to investigate the qualifications of its future leaders and to substitute others if desired. The classes will soon be given an opportunity to act upon the Student Council's recommendation and the CRIMSON confidently trusts that it will be accepted...