Word: develop
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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This is the English system. It is an old one. It has taken a century no doubt to develop it. The boy begins in his school days under the eyes of a master who was athletic, in his days, and the eyes of his older schoolmates. He does this for pleasure; but if he finds no fun in it, he does it because he must. He will be punished if he doesn't, either by the scorn of his fellows or the kicks of the upperclassmen. He has his sport for five or six years until he loves...
...would seem that the importance of a college is for athletics, and incidentally, at most, for education. True, there is nothing spectacular in scholarship; but nothing depends more upon individual effort. Athletics ought not to be denounced; athletics are a good thing if indulged in by everybody, and they develop courage; but there is no question of the vast superiority of intellectual work...
With the added experience of the work this fall and more time to develop effective team play the University team next spring should be unusually strong...
...second game of the interclass series will be played between the Sophomores and the Freshmen in the Gymnasium this evening at 7 o'clock. As all the members of the 1909 team played on the Freshman team last year, they have had an opportunity to develop better team play than the Freshmen. There are some good individual players on the 1910 team, however, and the outlook for a successful season is encouraging...
...loss of Forbes will be severely felt, but in addition to H. Jones and Alcott, Burch, who was injured early in the season and Logan of this year's freshman team promise well. In the line, the only places to be filled are centre and right guard. Cooney should develop into a good man for the former position, while for guard, Brown, Andrus and Hunt are the most likely candidates...