Word: burden
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Court. This interest led to a bequest of half his estate, $3900, and a library of 300 volumes to the college. Accordingly in 1639 the University received the name of Harvard College. What the colony had pledged its credit to do for the University, it never did, and the burden of responsibility fell on John Harvard to a great extent...
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Yesterday's practice was directed mostly toward finding a defensive formation for use against the confusing Canadian formations which Yale is using. It is apparent that the burden of the defence will fall upon the ends, who will have the assignment of going in to force the development of the play. In this the tackles will be expected to assist in large measure...
...greatest weakness is its pitching staff. It was the collapse of the pitcher in the third game last year that gave Harvard the series, and the same trouble is feared this year, though the staff has been better prepared for the final contests. Gile and Way, on whom the burden of the series, will fall, have both been showing late season form more than commensurate with the general improvement of the team. Gile is cool under fire, while Way has shown greater disposition to be erratic. Brown, Yale's mainstay last year, has not succeeded in getting into top condition...
...first, Mr. Castle says, "Surely the preparatory schools should assume the responsibility of teaching their students the simple rules of English grammar during a period when their minds are most capable of assimilating those rules. . . . Apparently we must take over a large part of the burden, although we never can do it with the full success that the elementary schools could have...