Word: beare
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...pocket, for the Athletic Association pays nothing towards coach or equipment. Thus out of 30 odd original candidates but a dozen remained--simply because they could not or did not care to assume this expense, an expense the members of no other team are obliged to bear. It is, then, no longer a survival of the fittest, but of the longest pocket...
Dean Briggs emphasizes the harmony existing between the Faculty and undergraduate members of the Committee. He points out that the inclination to turn sport into work is a fault which must be watched, yet it is deemed necessary by many graduates and undergraduates who cannot bear to see their College go down to defeat. Opposed to this body are the Corporation, the President, the Faculty, parents and a number of "thoughtful people who have watched with apprehension athletic sport overgrowing scholarship in what were designed to be institutions of learning...
...importance of constitutional representative government cannot be, over-looked, for where the people decide whether there shall be war or not, they hesitate to incur one of which they will have to bear the burdens. In addition to this we have a growing sense of the uselessness...
...team and the University on his appointment. It is a considerable sacrifice to give up as much time as is necessary to coach a Football team and to do the work without any compensation. We can well understand Coach Haughton's hesitation, considering the pressure which was brought to bear each way, and we are the more pleased with the acceptance for that reason. With such an experienced coach in charge, an efficient captain, and a team composed to a great extent of veteran players, the prospect for next fall is far brighter than usual, and if overconfidence does...
...described the country as rocky and mountainous, and covered with dense alder growth. Bear, moose, caribou, mountain sheep, ducks, and salmon afford rare sport. He told of a kadiak bear weighing 1400 pounds, of moose whose antlers spread 63 inches and of salmon so plentiful that one had only to kick them out of the shallow water. In addition to hunting, Mr. Colby investigated with indifferent success a number of gold and coal claims...