Word: defeats
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...defeat by Japan opened the eyes of the Russian aristocracy and led them to consider the introduction of foreign governmental institutions, like those of England and France. The first Douma was the greatest concession of the government, but it was too great an opening for the peasants. The peasants had been restrained all their lives by the government, and upon receiving the opportunity of freedom, as it may be called, they carried its privileges to a great excess. Now it is the endeavor of the government to get the peasant back to his original state...
...order to perpetuate this spirit it is necessary that Harvard shall compete on an equal footing with her opponents. It may well be that the winning of a game is not the essential thing in athletic contests, but it is surely essential that there shall not be certainty of defeat, for that kills enthusiasm...
...there are sports where the professional can defeat the amateur every time, such as baseball, rowing, and track athletics. When Yale employed Mr. Lush Harvard had a long string of baseball victories to her credit; yet in one season, Mr. Lush turned out a nine from poor material which defeated a Harvard nine of veteran calibre, coached under an amateur system. The converse, nearly, is true in rowing, though Mr. Wray had even a more difficult task, because he had to oppose a professional system of marked success. Yet Mr. Wray's success here and his superiority over his amateur...
...against professional coaching; yet I should not like to see Harvard abandon her professional coaches unless the other colleges are willing to do so also. Harvard would then be at such an obvious disadvantage that candidates for the teams would from the beginning see the possibility, even probability of defeat, which is more demoralizing to enthusiastic sport than any ethical disadvantage of a professional coach. Let each college abandon professional coaches and all will meet on perfectly fair grounds. Until then I sincerely hope Harvard will stick to the policy she has now adopted--and not allow her teams...
This will be the second game of the season between the two teams, Dartmouth having won the first last Saturday by the score of 30 to 11. Dartmouth has won twelve games this season and has yet to suffer a defeat...