Word: developing
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...opportunity is given the Freshman debating club, which has recently been organized, to establish debating again on a sound basis. It is important that the club should have broad aims, and should seek to develop its members in more than the mere parliamentary forms of public meetings. Debates with teams from other institutions ought, in such a club, to be made subordinate to the stimulation of an interest in debating for its own sake. As close a relationship as possible should be maintained with the departments of English and of public speaking, and the subjects discussed should occasionally at least...
Among his other wise sayings Aristotle remarked that man is by nature a social animal; and it is in order to develop his powers as a social being that American colleges exist. The object of the undergraduate department is not to produce hermits, each imprisoned in the cell of his own intellectual pursuits, but men fitted to take their places in the community and live in contact with their fellow...
Quarterback is, as last year, the position which is the most unsettled and the coaches must develop one from untried material. D. V. O'Flaherty '10 is a heavy and exceedingly fast man and seems to be developing rapidly. S. Galatti '10, substitute quarter last year, and R. B. Wigglesworth '12 are also doing fast work. The back-field is fairly well settled with H. C. Leslie '11 and H. F. Corbett '11, two of the halfbacks on last year's team, and W. M. Minot '11, who was ineligible last fall but played fullback on the second team throughout...
Candidates for the team were called out in the middle of February, and practice was held regularly in the Cage until the field was in proper condition. Up to the first practice game, which Dorchester High School won 2 to 1, the team did not develop as rapidly as expected. However, in the last practice game the University second team was beaten 4 to 3 in an exciting ninth inning rally...
Captain Fish showed the importance of constant exercise during the summer to develop speed and strength. Fall practice will start on September 15, and all candidates who return then can eat at the Varsity Club. Mr. Reid then spoke and explained the value of athletic victories in keeping up the reputation of the University in the West. Every candidate must work his utmost for the good of the team and of the University; unselfishness is absolutely necessary and complete harmony is of vital importance. Mr. Reid then praised Mr. Haughton for his devotion in coaching the team again after winning...