Word: effort
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...tangible reality, "Harvard indifference," cannot yet have brought its enervating influence to bear upon the members of '88, and they are not called upon to display as yet, the wonted apathy with regard to all athletic matters. It is to '88 that the college must look for a final effort against a clear score of defeats. The past year has been the most disastrous to Harvard of any during the entire history of college sports. In foot ball, lacrosse, base ball, rowing, and tennis, we have met signal and crushing defeat. It was with the utmost difficulty that...
...reader might place in any position on the table at which he sat. On reading of this convenience we were painfully reminded of the lack of advancement of our own library in Gore Hall. There can be but little doubt that the larger the college grows the greater effort ought to be made to enable the students to pursue a course of reading with their studies. The scarcity of time to devote to reading is the cry of most men, but almost all agree that if our library were open one or two hours during the evening it would enable...
...same college, can take the place of inter-collegiate races and games. To be considered the best orator in Harvard would be a great honor, but to be ranked the first orator in all of our colleges would be a greater. The greater the honor the greater the effort to secure, hence the advantage of an intercollegiate association over the Shakespeare Society...
...victories, over weak teams, and two defeats out of a total of five games. Harvard has not stood so low in foot ball since the students here first gained a complete familiarity with the Rugby game. This is certainly an apparently dismal outlook; but we do hope that every effort will be made to offset the bad effect of these defeats by victories in the future. As for the game on Saturday, we prefer not to make any editorial comment on it until all the aspects of the case have been looked into...
...before it is down and a team will have to throw and jump on top of the men instead of tackling the ball. We play Lafayette on Wednesday and Stevens on Saturday and have games arranged for almost every Wednesday and Saturday this season. We are making a great effort and, if Moffat comes out, will surely win the championship...