Word: protestantness
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...recent meeting of the Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association an attempt was made to settle the tie between Harvard and Columbia for the championship, but as Harvard's protest of the Pennsylvania game was not acted upon, the tie between Harvard and Columbia still stood. The protest was finally referred to James Garvin of the Crescent Athletic club. Since the point was purely a technical one it has now been decided by Harvard to withdraw the protest. For this reason the championship banner will be duplicated and one will be awarded to both Harvard and Columbia...
...Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association, composed of representatives from Harvard, Pennsylvania, Cornell and Columbia, will meet in New York on Saturday to award the championship. As the games now stand, Harvard and Columbia have each a victory, a defeat and a tie to their credit, but as Harvard has protested the Pennsylvania game, the whole matter rests on the decision on this protest. The chances are that the game will be awarded to Harvard, as Pennsylvania broke a rule in refusing to play...
...umpire, whose perception showed at times remarkable adaptability. Bissell's work in the box, including a double play with Kendall and Lawrence, was the feature of the game. The Lampoon men showed no end of endurance, and to their credit let it be said that they did not even protest the game...
...occupied by professors paying rental to the Corporation could be taxed. Starting with this concession, the city undertook to tax all College property during the years 1897, 1898, and 1899. For the first two years the College paid all assessments in full, but at the same time registered a protest which was carried to the Supreme Court of Massachusetts in 1899. On January 4, 1900, the court gave its decision against the city. All the money paid out by the University, amounting to $3190.40, was at once refunded by the city, and a committee was appointed to consider further action...
...perhaps, somewhat distracted from simplicity and directness of aim." Yet these disadvantages "Seem to be only those incidental to any progressive condition and to be greatly out weighed by the gains reaped by both students and universities." "From a Graduates' Window" comes a remarkably well-informed and vigorous protest against the "athletocracy" that has sprung up in the great body of past athletes and coaches and present members of the Athletic Association to claim first choice in the distribution of football tickets. The condition last fall "simply shows how far professionalism has cankered our athletes' notions of propriety." "No arrangement...