Word: statements
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...eighth number of this volume of the Advocate opens with a number of rather severe but well-taken editorials on the management of our athletic organizations and of the boat club especially. There is a great deal of truth in the statement that the failure of men to attend the meetings at which the officers are elected throws a large share of the responsibility of whatever mismanagement there may be on their own shoulders. The position that the Advocate takes in regard to the Glee Club is one that all of us would like to see adopted by the faculty...
...This statement was manufactured out of whole cloth about two years ago, and has maintained a healthy existence ever since, appearing at least once in every college paper in the country...
...Foot-Ball Association was unable to present a detailed statement of its accounts for last year, as the books containing them had been lost. The general statement which was received showed that the association was in debt to the amount of $600. This case shows the importance of one of the objects for which this committee was appointed-to preserve a record of the organizations. The foot-ball season has been financially a successful one, and the association has now a handsome surplus There seems to be no reason why, with equally good management, the association may not be kept...
This late-in-the-day clipping is worthy of publication for its ludicrous statement: "While 3000 people witnessed the Wesleyan-Pennsylvania foot-ball game on Thanksgiving morning, in New York, only 1800 were at the Yale-Harvard game in the afternoon. It would seem that Gothamites prefer a good dinner to foot-ball.- Campus...
After speaking of the various subscriptions received from private sources and from college organizations and making a statement of the financial condition of the school, the report is closed with the following...