Word: withdrawal
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...make indignant protest against the method pursued by a certain popular lecturer of Harvard in showing his displeasure at the unfortunate presence of those who are not students in his audiences. It would be a very simple draft upon his sense of courtesy to ask them politely to withdraw, but to drive them out by acts and words far from gentlemanly is a strange proceeding in Harvard halls. Let him remember that it was once said of Emerson, "He stood up, just as if he thought other people were as good...
...reply the Committee desire to say that many weeks ago they decided that unless the character of intercollegiate football was radically improved, Harvard must withdraw from the game. On January 19th, in a formal communication, the Athletic Committee requested the graduate football advisers to take counsel as to the best means of reducing the risks of personal injury, and of eliminating from the contests the unsports-manlike spirit which marked the game at Springfield this year, and to report the result of their deliberations to the Committee before arranging games with other colleges. A few days later the chairman...
...Free registry involves grave evils.-(a) Economic. (1) It would annihilate ship-building in U. S.-(2) It would withdraw millions of capital from the country.-(b) National.-(1) It would cripple us in time of war.-(x) No trained workmen.-(y) No shipyards to build in emergency...
...recent banquet of the Harvard Club of Chicago, Professor Royce explained the reasons for the Faculty's action in regard to intercollegiate football. He was apparently of the belief that if, in future years, plans for a satisfactory reform should be matured, the Faculty might withdraw their opposition to intercollegiate games. E. H. Warren '95 spoke on the sentiment among students in regard to this action. The sentiment of the graduates present, according to the Chicago Tribune, was rather with the students than the Faculty. The feeling seemed to be strong that, while reform was badly needed, the Faculty were...
...without conflicting with the Harvard Graduates' Magazine. It has since been brought to our notice that a weekly might possibly draw off sufficient subscriptions from the Graduates' Magazine to endanger the latter seriously. In view of this fact, there is naturally no course open to us but to withdraw from our project. We appreciate highly the expressions of commendation from Harvard graduates which are published in another column...