Word: truthfulness
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...advantages and collected thought of the past systematized for his use, and in the face of this beneficence he feels humble. His hope that he may deserve this is in his attachment to an unknown future, when men shall see the light and know the truth better because of his life. This is not a time of achievement but of preparation. In this sense the actual Harvard is a promise of the Harvard that...
...success other than the conscientious work of captains and managers, necessary as these are. Men must be found who are willing to train earnestly and long, else we cannot even hope for victory. All this is of course very trite and uninteresting, but it is nevertheless the foundation truth of athletic success, and needs to be practiced as well as understood. We do not propose to launch forth into extended exhortations-a style too common in college and school publications-but merely to call to mind the facts. Harvard tried her very best in football this past season. The result...
...committee on the Regulation of Athletic Sports at Harvard and as such desire to get at the truth in this matter, as the practice is one not conducive to sport and one in which no amateur should be engaged...
...alone wishes to see athletics put on a higher plane, let her withdraw, although it seems hardly probable that she would be allowed to act alone in this matter. Whatever is the means employed, the writer urges that Harvard may put herself in such a position that with all truth she may make this announcement: This university is for learning first, for gentlemanly sports next, for professionalism not at all." The letter printed below is a bad confirmation of the last statement. As to her being for gentlemanly sports, one of her men in Saturday's game showed he could...
...conclusion it seems that either there was a deliberate attempt made by certain persons to throw discredit upon Harvard by concocting this story-or if there be any truth in Mr. Ammerman's statement that he was made such an offer (in its nature hardly flattering to himself). in the light of the evidence on the subject it would seem more probable that the tempter was an imposter making these advances under the guise of a Harvard man, with the deliberate purpose of subsequently making capital therefrom, than that Harvard athletics were responsible...