Word: stringent
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...dropped from his class will be allowed to play on the 'varsity teams for a year thereafter. This rule, taken in connection with the old regulation forbidding the candidacy of a student who has a condition in any subject, makes Princeton's teams subject to particularly stringent provisions...
...there would be an endless preliminary manoeuvering to get in the front rank." This, I think, could be prevented by the marshals as it has been in the past. It is true that the increased number of men who would take part in the scrimmage might necessitate some more stringent regulation than has heretofore existed. It might be necessary for a rope to be drawn in a large circle around the Tree and held by the marshals. The Seniors, as they march in, could be required to keep their position as the rope at whatever point their part...
...should have fostered and elevated it that no meeting can be held, even under the most respectable auspices, without danger of police interference. In view of the fact that the Police Commissioners are opposed to all public boxing shows, and that the new Legislature is sure to enact more stringent laws governing the public conduct of the sport, the B. A. A. Governors have decided that, though they might hold their tournament under the guest-ticket system, it is best to await developments before giving any more tournaments...
...Courts sufficiently extensive: Const., Art. I, Sec. 8, S 8, S 9; Art. III, Sec. 2, S 1, S 2, S 3. - (3) Executive can assist: Art. II, Sec. 3. - (4) State has jurisdiction in its territory. - (b) It is applicable. - (1) Law may be made sufficiently stringent to reach trusts effectually...
...extreme for strong men engaged in manly sport; and for the weak the game was never intended. But the violence of the game offers peculiar opportunities for abuse to those who seek them. There is much dirty play which can be done in defiance of any rules, however stringent. Such play can only be discouraged by absolute intolerance on the part of players and spectators alike. In the intensity of the desire to win and in the fierce excitement of a game, there is often tolerated a great deal that is indirect violation of the spirit of gentlemanly sport. When...