Word: due
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...playing of the first eleven yesterday was far from satisfactory, and although this was due in part to the bad weather and to the fact that some of the men had done some hard work in the morning, it was in the main inexcusable. Both on the offense and defense the team was slow. The three centre men lacked energy and the ability to get the jump on their opponents. The backs were fairly successful on the offense, but gave the line little support on the defense. The whole team played too high. The only improvement noticeable was in Kendall...
...secretary of the New York Club, briefly reviewed the work of planning and constructing the boat house and said that the constructing the boat house and said that the credit of originating the project is largely due to Mr. Lehmann. He also said that if the students enjoy the use of the boat house half as much as the alumni enjoy giving it, its success will be secure...
...decrease in that of silver. But in reality the increase in the laborer's gross earnings has been to a great extent curtailed by reason of the expenses resulting from the improvements in his condition. On the other hand, the improvement in the condition of the laborer is largely due to the benefits he receives as a consumer from the cheapening of production. This great bettering of the condition of the laborer is only a natural outcome, for the whole structure of modern society makes more and more demands and the arts of living must adapt themselves...
...having a skating rink for Harvard students was not proposed until last in the year, and the construction took so long that when the rink finally was completed, the majority of the students got little use out of it. The practical failure of last year's rink was due to several causes. In the first place, its small size restricted its use almost wholly to the members of the hockey team. In the second place, it was built on reclaimed land, which caused the water to run out and the ice to crack in consequence when the tide...
...same state of affairs, only in a more noticeable form, exists in the offense. Practice in this began very late, and has been greatly retarded by the constant changes in the back field due to injuries received by the regular players. As yet the men are uncertain about the signals, start slowly and form ragged and loose interference...