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...would be the last to demand them, especially if they knew them to be granted at the cost of most of the loyal supporters of their College. Even the New York graduates who gave the boat-house, and to whom we all feel grateful, would probably be more than content if merely put on an equal footing with season ticket holders; the management which assumes the contrary of them or of prominent undergraduates is undertaking to assume a great deal...
...possible, succeeding coaches have endeavored to follow advice received, and from time to time have altered their methods to imitate those of more successful colleges. Yet Harvard has thus made a fatal mistake in resting content with a policy which leaves her at least one year behind her rivals. Even if her rivals had remained stationary, we could not have hoped to be successful through an imitative policy, as many favorable conditions which exist in other colleges can be reproduced in only a very limited degree here. The superior attractions of Boston over those of a country town...
...every member with the opportunity for such grade of activity as he may select. He may aim to serve on the Executive Committee; he may keep up a correspondence with the Secretary of the Association and be confident that his ideas will reach the proper authorities; or he can content himself with a yearly subscription and a vote...
...constantly an indefatigable investigator. No tradition, however generally received, was a sufficient basis for knowledge. He must have the ultimate facts, or he was content, as he used to say, to leave things unexplained...
Yale played fiercely and made every opportunity count. This was especially true of their forwards, who were not content with stopping plays aimed at them but broke through and often tackled for loss. Harvard's line, on the other hand, was at times forced steadily for small gains. The men played strictly on the defensive and merely did their best to stop Yale's rushes. They got under their man, but the fierceness of Yale's attacks and the impetus with which they plunged into Harvard's line, inevitable carried them forward for small two and three yard gains...