Word: drilling
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...work this spring will last about three weeks and will be devoted primarily to drill in the fundamentals of the game, while in the latter part of the period the men will be given an opportunity to learn some of the simple plays used by the University team and will also have a chance to scrimmage. The importance of the spring work this year has been emphasized by Captain C. J. Hubbard 3E.S. and the coaches because of the agreement between Harvard, Yale, and Princeton which prevents fall practice from beginning more than one week before the colleges open...
Practice at the gym today was carried on under the direction of Coach Harry Cowles and consisted for the most part of drill in the fundamentals of foot-work and stroke technique. Beginning Monday a net will be placed in the gym and the men will play regular doubles matches three times a week on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays...
Professor Kittredge once said that he marvelled at the genius of the "skin-clad savage (name and date unknown) who first invented the fish-hook or the blow-gun or the fire-drill." It is possible that the genius of this ancient savage has been grossly under-rated. Heretofore scientists alone have examined the records of the rocks and runes. Why not turn loose upon these records devotees of electrical lore or send into the tomb of Tut-Ankh-Amen those with a hobby for automobiles? Then, thanks to the hobby-horse, perhaps the world will learn that the Neolithic...
...more liberal viewpoint. Just as the colleges are departing from the tradition of rigidity, with prescribed courses and emphasis on studies, and turning to the encouragement of a cultivated youth interested in sports, so General Pershing's orders urge less the monotonous routine of the barrack and drill-field, and more the development of a soldier intelligent, skilled, and athletic...
Yesterday's final practice for Coach Wachter's men consisted of drill in defence against the Worcester attack. Individual play was stressed; and an effort was made to guard against the weaknesses shown in the previous Worcester encounter on January...