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...Caner '17 will start at right tackle instead of H. L. Sweetser '17, who played that position against both Cornell and Princeton. Although Caner has not been regularly on team A on account of injuries, he is a veteran of two years' experience, and should increase rather than detract from the team play of the line...
...means minimize an ably won victory, for, with the wonderful Pollard, the Brown players would have given the regulars a hard battle. Although defeated, the Harvard team did not give up fighting until the last whistle was blown. Thus, as the New York Times says, the victory "should not detract from Haughton's prowess, but redound to the greater glory of Ed. Robinson's football pupils...
...play for particular use against the Cornellians, who specialize in the forward passing game, and this use of their own plays against them was the downfall of the visitors. Much had been expected from Cornell but the failure of the eleven to show any real power did not detract from the great victory of the Crimson team. The Haughton system was again vindicated and the University team at once became a real factor for the Princeton and Yale games and was no longer considered a second-rate organization...
Without wishing in any way to detract from the importance of building up our military reserves, it is universally recognized that the navy is and probably always will be, our first line of defence and as such should be brought up to the highest possible point of efficiency...
...whole is admirably planned. A good time may be combined with the encouragement of serious artistic endeavor. Neither need detract from the other, but each may contribute to the creation of another opportunity for Harvard to open itself to the outside world. As it is, such opportunities are only too rare, and come late in college life. If it were not for the singing, there would be small excuse for a mere "blow out"; on the other hand, the incidental pleasures only serve as further stimulus for the choral work...