Word: opinion
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...undersigned members of the undergraduate departments of Harvard University, desire respectfully to express our opinion upon the proposed legislation with regard to the abolition of intercollegiate sports during the winter, and the extensive curtailment of intercollegiate schedules in general...
...general. The CRIMSON still believes that the Faculty, and not the Athletic Committee, must be the object of our appeals. If the Committee believes that the Faculty has been influenced by the arguments, it may see fit to disregard the recommendations. If the Faculty is still firm in its opinion, the Committee may be compelled to act. By no means, therefore, has the CRIMSON rested its case. As stated before, we are seeking tangible facts on which to base our arguments. If these are secured, we shall be in a position to go ahead. If they are not forthcoming...
...purpose of the club, as stated in the constitution, is as follows: "Since there is a wide-spread opinion that the present state of society is fundamentally imperfect, and that a basis of reconstruction must be found, the purpose of this club shall be the study of Socialism and all other radical programs of reform which aim at a better organic development of society. By Socialism shall be understood, the ownership by the community of the means of production and the extension of the functions of the state to eradicate the individualistic basis of the present economic system. The club...
...view of the proposed abolition of winter sports, I should like to say a few words in behalf of the minor teams. Undergraduate opinion is almost unanimous in favor of maintaining the present system. If the position of the Faculty makes this impossible, the question confronts the Athletic Committee of making the compromise which will be most satisfactory to the University as a whole. They have submitted such a proposal. The question now arises: Is this the most satisfactory solution of the difficulty? Is it fair that the minor sports should bear the whole brunt of this curtailment? Hockey, basketball...
From the very first the CRIMSON opposed any proposition to curtail the number of intercollegiate contests, and our opinion is in no wise altered. We have no faith in the necessity for curtailment or restriction of any kind, not to mention an absolute and unqualified abolishing of intercollegiate contests in all the winter sports. Throughout the year we have taken up in detail the many and varied arguments in favor of intercollegiate sport: its power in holding the undergraduate community together, its good effects upon the participants both morally and physically, its power as an outlet for the energy that...