Word: defeatism
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...final round. Both Debevoise and Lenhart are in the upper half of the draw, and have worked their way to the semi-finals through stiff opposition. Debevoise was seeded number one, while Lenhart was third in the ranking. Today's loser will be the first favored contestant to suffer defeat, H. N. Rawlins '27 and R. S. Wright '26, seeded two and four, respectively, still being among the three contenders in the lower half...
Haverford, today's Soldiers Field visitor, has yet to taste defeat, and in the opening game of the season battled Princeton, present leader and a strong favorite, to a 2-2 draw. Princeton has already beaten the Blue and Red of Pennsylvania, and if Haverford accomplishes the same feat and succeeds in beating the University today, Princeton and Haverford will be tied for the title. In this case a play-off will be necessary...
Harvard in Defeat...
...Allen Gilbert of Portland, Ore., had made with his wife just before she died eight years ago. Both had been interested in spiritualism. While the woman lay ill they made a pact that if she died she would try to communicate with him through a medium. To defeat fakery, they fixed upon a countersign, wrote it down, sealed it in an envelope. It consisted of the date of Dr. Gilbert's birth, of his wife's, of their daughter...
Because of all the strutting which, by some obscure military convention, West Point cadets are compelled to go through before every football game, a defeat for the Army seems doubly degrading. Columbia, with Pease back in gear, inflicted this humilation upon the grey-coats. Score: Columbia 21, Army...