Word: earnest
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...have enough energy to take a big "brace" in the next three days. If the '94 nine shows that this confidence has been misplaced, it will have succeeded in bringing disgrace upon itself. The college will not endure to see a team lose a game simply from lack of earnest and well-directed effort...
...have an average of morality we must have better and worse men, and every noble, earnest life helps just so much to raise this average...
...players of the eleven last year have gone, there still remains a majority of experienced players who will form an admirable nucleus for a new team. They are under the charge of an energetic and competent captain; and moreover are to have the help of a good coach. The earnest way in which the men have started in work is another encouraging sign. The most noteworthy and promising fact, however, is the steady growth of the game in popular college favor. Ever since the first game was played here the increase in interest has been steady, and now the game...
During the last few days of pleasant weather, the athletic team at Princeton has begun working on the track in earnest. The team has been reduced somewhat, and it is probable that most of the men in training now will keep on to the end, since Princeton will send a larger team than usual to the intercollegiate games...
...energies to is the preparation for the track games to be held with Yale on May 16. It is all important that the first meeting of this kind should be a success. It cannot fail to be so; but Harvard men can greatly increase this success by their own earnest efforts. The track athletic team is working hard. We want it to feel that in its work the college is at its back, ready to give the most loyal support...