Word: offset
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1890-1890
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Harvard graduates resident in New York, as expressed by two of the New York members of the Board of Overseers, the Athletic Committee, believing that, if certain steps could be taken by the two universities in the direction of purifying athletics, the gain thereby secured would more than offset the disadvantages of making a single departure from the principle of college games on college grounds, decided to make the desired exception in favor of the Thanksgiving football game for three years, provided the two universities would agree upon the following points...