Word: controls
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...leader must be in perfect touch with the whole universe and must look at life largely. The only way of avoiding the confusion which multiplicity of interests brings is to have a single controlling interest which will unify diverging issues. This central motive will, consciously or unconsciously, determine the color or our activities and the direction of our purposes. No man can serve two interests, and if at any time a man seems to be under the control of two opposite motives it is always the case that those motives are warring with each other and sooner or later...
...present football situation in Harvard University, emphasized by the stinging defeat of last Saturday, if bound to cause much adverse criticism from both graduates and undergraduates. The responsibility for the defeat must be mainly with those in control of football, although at least a part must be borne by Harvard men themselves. This lesser responsibility is due to the general spirit of resignation which was shown, immediately after the Yale game, to have pervaded the University. Being resigned to defeat, coupled with the sentiment so generally expressed: "Well, they played ever so much better than was expected and did mighty...
...head coach of each particular season. It is generally admitted that the principal fault of our football policy is lack of permanence. This will continue as long as the selection of the head coach rests upon the judgment of the captain alone. It is fundamental that change in control brings change of policy, and the first step in the direction of permanency in coaching is to procure permanency in appointment. Now it has been suggested that a permanent committee composed of five prominent football men, qualified to select and recommend a head coach, be appointed by the Athletic Committee. This...
Massachusetts has set a good example in government by commission by taking away from the City of Boston the control of the water supply and the sewerage system. She has also proved the efficiency of such government in regard to corporations, by the Railroad Commission and the commission on electric and gas light corporations...
...seem to favor Newell, for the men have more unity in their rowing, and keep their blades longer in the water. Weld is inclined to clip the finish of the stroke, and at times there is a noticeable check of the shell between strokes, as the men do not control their slides well. Furthermore, although Weld is decidedly fast over the first part of the course, the boat becomes dead towards the finish. The second Weld crew should win out against Newell second, which has hardly been out twice in the same order...