Word: backed
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...fifty years before." These words, written by President Lowell in answer to Senator Borah's attack on him of his lack of reverence for Washington's last official words, are irrefutable. Looking the facts in the face is what the whole world must do unless it desires to slip back into the dark ages. Although the present is built on doctrines and theories of the past, many of the latter are obsolete now. The whole organization of society has changed. New means of transportation has greatly decreased, whether we willed it or not, that isolation of this nation which Washington...
Work for the coming season will begin next week when a call for University and Freshman candidates will be issued. The prospects for a successful team are better this year than they have been for years. Three veterans of last year's team are back: R. H. Snow '20, C. Howard '20, and S. H. Ordway '21, all of whom made the trip to Yale...
Bates won the toss and received Horween's kick-off on its 15 yard line. Harvard was penalized 5 yards for offside in the next play. Bates punted to Murray in midfield who ran the ball back 15 yards. An end play and an incompleted pass left the ball on the Bates 38 yard mark. Here R. Horween missed a kick for goal. The visitors had the ball on their 20 yard line but next play were penalized for being offside., E. D. Weather-head '22 then intercepted a pass and reached the Bates 5 yard line. R. Horween plunged...
...third quarter opened with the University represented on the field by a team of substitutes. Although it held Bates to small gains it was unable to score in this quarter, despite repeated line plunges by A. D. Hamilton '21, who substituted for Nelson at right half-back. More than half the period had elapsed before the Harvard eleven got under way. Moulton, the Maine kicker, punted to R. S. Humphrey '21 who tore from his own 45 yard line to the enemy 35 yard line. Nine rushes by Hamilton and F. C. Church '20, alternately, put the ball...
...downs after Humphrey kicked-off to Bates, the Crimson quarter-back intercepted a pass thus making a gain of 5 yards and putting the ball on Bates 45 yard line. First down was made by Church's dash around left end and Humphrey's buck through center. Another rush was followed by a pretty forward pass from Humphrey to J. K. Desmond, Occ., on the 1 yard line. Hamilton gained the goal line by a dive through center, but failed to kick the goal...