Word: accomplishments
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...great ends which the interclass games should accomplish are the strengthening and developing of loyalty to the class and the training of material for 'varsity organizations. The baseball games this spring have done very little for class loyalty and class enthusiasm. A few spasmodic tones from a tin horn do not express nearly so much real enthusiasm as steady, continued cheering - cheering which keeps on no matter which side is ahead. This spring we have had plenty of the superficial and very little of the real enthusiasm. Again, the games have at times been listlessly played. The men have weakened...
...because our nine failed to win that the college will pass harsh judgment on their work, but because they lost the game in so discreditable a way. The freshmen started the season with bright prospects, with material much above the average. Yet it has failed utterly to accomplish its end. This failure is a striking example of what may result from too loose organization among freshman teams. It is hard to make a body of men in the first year at college realize what real training means. There generally comes a point when after some particularly good game...
...captains of the Ninety-three and Ninety-four crews in particular to use their influence this year to see that all four captains agree to start their crews from the boat house at a given time. An arrangement of this kind would be to everyones advantage; it would accomplish what is sought for in the customary delay and at the same time increase many times the pleasure of the thousands who witness the event...
...played with little regard for improvement, but merely for the personal enjoyment of each individual player. Freshman nines are notoriously slack in their work at the beginning of the season. Toward the end they wake up to a sense of what they are aiming to accomplish, but too often their eyes are opened when the critical point has passed and defeat seems inevitable. They then rally, settle down to serious work and close the season, showing the college what might have been done if they had more prudence and foresight. Such a method of training is unscientific...
...further abuse of the present privileges. If it is not, however, we can safely say, that the threat of closing the gallery will not be found to be a hoax, and that the Board of Directors will adopt that or any other measure that may seem necessary to accomplish their purpose...