Word: doings
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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This committee is not to do certain things. It is not to play games, to arrange for them, or to act on agreements, except when it is necessary; and this the committee does unwillingly. It is not to organize teams or supervise them unless necessary. In short, it is to...
B. A. A. went to the bat first, but could not do much with Harvard's bowling. Adams was particularly effective, getting seven wickets at a cost of only 32 runs. Good fielding also did much to hold the score down.
President Eliot followed Professor Hollis, and said in part: The Corporation is an historical body, and has a well established policy, but we do not have to do with its history more than thirty years back. Then there was but one play ground, the Delta. In 1869, Memorial Hall was...
The Corporation like to see the utmost done under difficulties. But one feature of games they do not like to see: that is, cheering. They want men to have the kind of moral support that cheering does not give. Men should be able to play their best if no Harvard...
My own feeling is that a person who has enjoyed athletic sports cannot help enjoying them through life. Personally I prefer those sports which do not need an exaggerated development of muscle. They are more useful in youth and in later years. A man must continue the habit of athletic...