Word: coping
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...about the middle of their last year, the succeeding classes have received it as an inheritance with more or less enthusiasm. No one has ever been able to show by any actual observance that Senior buttons fulfill in any appreciable measure the task which they are supposed to cope with of extending a man's acquaintance among his classmates and by so doing to encourage what variety of friendship is possible in the average class. On the other hand, it is equally evident that class buttons never did any one any harm to be avoided by future generations...
...receive suggestions. Although there has been as yet not even a nominating committee appointed to propose names for election next fall, the Council is taken as a matter of course by at least one man who evidently believes in the usefulness of the Council and its ability to cope with all questions of undergraduate importance. This is by no means the first time that suggestions have been made with a view to having the student body give some concrete appreciation to high scholarship each year, but little has ever been accomplished in that direction. It is too often the fate...
Captain Brooks's place was filled by Allen, and Scribner played in Allen's position at right forward. The Harvard team played a desperate game, but was unable to cope with the Army's superior organization...
...hoped that Harvard will be well represented in the stands at the New Haven game. We are sure that the team will be much better able to cope with the advantage which the Yale players will derive from the inspiration of a Class Day crowd if they are backed by a large Harvard cheering section. We would suggest that those who contemplate witnessing the races at New London should make their plans to reach New Haven on Tuesday, and have the opportunity--as we hope--of seeing Harvard victorious in two of her major sports...
...pointed out the fact that in New York City with its frequent upheavals and constant political uncertainty, these qualities could not be preserved. He cited the failure of the Staten Island Ferries, recently taken over by the city, as an example of the inability of city officials to cope with undertakings of this nature...