Word: cannot
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...more desirable than previously acquired skill. That you have never played before need not deter you from learning now, and if you have not been already urged to play it is far from being proof that your work is not desired. While the captain does his utmost he cannot of course seek every man in person, and yet you who have been inadvertently passed by are perhaps the very ones who by earnest work may bring victory to Harvard, Surely in a case of this kind all reticence and self-distrust should be forgotten for the general good...
...obviated, for if these captains prove inefficient their places may easily be filled when the various teams once organized meet for their permenant election. A little reflection shows how much superior this method is to the method once in vogue. The freshman class with all its discretion cannot pretend so soon in its career to make the wisest choice at its elections, and it is with this in mind that we suggest to them thus early the advisability of electing temporary captains for all their athletic teams...
...Short man and cannot get a long sweep; is strong but absent-minded; clips, feathers under the water, and drops at full reach...
...best until the fifth week of training when he is expected to be in condition for the utmost exertion without injuring himself. The system of the amount of work to be done in each of the first five weeks is carefully laid down, and, if literally held to, cannot fail to keep the athlete in robust health, and ready to do his best on the day of competition without fear of over exerting himself...
...crew, it would seem that this lack of support is the result of ignorance of the financial condition of the management rather than of any niggardly disposition on the part of the class, for certainly Ninety-two has supported her other athletic teams in a manner with which fault cannot be found...