Word: quarrel
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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This form of reasoning is pardonable under the enthusiasm generated by a crowded political meeting and a brass band. But it is worse than bad taste for either party to claim Harvard as a protecting Deity in a quarrel which no sane man a week from election day would regard as having the same moral weight as the Rebellion. How the honorable Democrats found out so conclusively that old Harvard men from 1636 to the present era would have voted for Cleveland and Tariff Reform can be referred to the same source that inspired the assertions of Friday night...
...treaty will not prove a permanent settlement of the disputes because-(a) It does not go far enough in the direction of freedom of intercourse.- (b) It fails to satisfy the fishermen.- (c) Its interpretation and execution will cause friction between the two countries and renew the quarrel: Boston Journal, Feb. 22, 23, 24; Advertiser...
...part of the Lowells - took place in the Boston press. The Harvard side of the controversy was carried on with so much force and dignity by Mr. James Barr Ames, the captain, that the silver ball was melted down during the winter by its donor and the quarrel was thus settled...
...foot-ball world has been subject to a prolonged quarrel between Yale and Princeton which is not only very tiresome in itself but more than that is entirely unnecessary. Two years ago the game played in New York resulted in a draw which caused a violent discussion between the college papers of Yale and Princeton. This left the question in such a tangled shape that it is presumptuous for any one to express an opinion of the championship of that year. Twelve months ago, the Princeton Faculty forbade the Princeton eleven to play in New York. The Constitution...
...president and poet, we can only deplore them and wish that the misunderstanding had not occurred, and that it may even now be smoothed over, without permanent ill-feeling. We trust that the Princeton Alumni who are supporting so vigorously - as 'tis said - their president in his mistaken quarrel, will adopt as moderate and pacific a tone as the Harvard Alumni, and devote their energies not to fomenting, but to allaying the strife...