Word: opinions
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...Roberts, speaking in the English House of Commons yesterday, quoted President Eliot's opinion in the matter of the closing of drinking places, and added "we hope to see Dr. Eliot as United States ambassador to this country." The remark was greeted with hearty cheering...
...varieties of athletics and gymnastics; and third, toward the cultivation of group games and team-play, where, the individual learns not only to work in harmony with others, but often to sacrifice his own chance of winning distinction when it is for the advantage of the team. In the opinion of many well-qualified judges, athletic team contests properly conducted furnish the best opportunity a school or college affords for the teaching of applied hygiene, applied ethics, and the development of character...
...game, as it is played today, is bad. But these same men say that intercollegiate basketball should be allowed. What I want to know is, what the difference might be between the game as played between two colleges and the game as played between two classes? In my opinion if the game is dropped as an intercollegiate sport, the Athletic Committee should at least be consistent and abolish it entirely. It is inconsistent to say that a game is bad and yet allow it to be played. It looks to me as if these men reached their conclusion through...
...opinion, if we do not like the game as it is played today, the best thing to do is to see if we cannot better it. There is no use in quitting because the game doesn't suit us and we are getting beaten. There is a Rules Committee on basketball, just as there is on football, which meets every year to discuss how the game could be improved. There are five on the Committee and last year it stood three to two in favor of dribbling. Everybody who plays the game admits that that is more than half...
...University sport during any one academic year; the other is the regulation by which men who have been graduated from the College in three years and who are registered in the graduate departments, are prevented from taking part in University athletics. There is undoubtedly room for a difference of opinion on these subjects, and we shall be glad to print as many different views as possible...