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...Failing to begin such organized study and discussion now, there is the danger that divergent views and policies may become crystallized, to the detriment of the common war effort, and to the detriment of efforts to bring about a peace that will be more than a brief and uneasy interlude...
...famous swimming coach was once heard to remark that "it is not the first places that win a swimming meet; it is the accumulation of seconds and thirds that usually do the job." This afternoon's meet will probably prove this statement--perhaps, very much to the Crimson's detriment...
...placed is the charge of a new coach who, although very able and a keen student of the game, is unfamiliar with the talents or even the names of his players, and who, because of other responsibilities, must be in New York one day out of every week. The detriment to Harvard hockey and to Harvard sports in general through Mr. Bingham's move is greater than any justification he might have on moral grounds...
Lack of ice is no detriment to Coach Clark Hodder and his hockey squad. For over a week now the skaters have been working out on the indoor ice of the Boston Skating Club, in preparation for the winter's tough work ahead of them...
...Europe against the Germans considerably relieves the position of the German Army, nor can there be any doubt that the appearance of a second front on the Continent of Europe -and undoubtedly this will appear in the near future-will essentially relieve the position of our armies to the detriment of the German Army...