Word: effort
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Haven last evening is a bitter disappointment. It was earnestly hoped that the long line of victories would be kept intact; but since it is broken there is no need of losing heart. The one good that can be derived from this defeat is a more determined effort to win the next debate...
...question of the grounds on which the Harvard eleven will practice has not yet been settled. An effort is being made to get a pitch at Beacon Park or Longwood...
Captain Wrightington has issued a call for candidates for next year's eleven, and has especially asked that men should come out who have never played before. Here then is the chance that is needed to make an effort to root out the spirit of individualism of which we spoke in an editorial yesterday morning. Here is a chance to show that the enthusiasm which characterized the football meeting on Thursday night was as truly deep and sincere as it appeared to be. Let men for once throw aside every private interest and come out and work for the University...
...time that every Harvard man recognized that the so-called "Harvard indifference" is not a myth, but a real actual thing, and a menace to the athletic life of this great University. It is time that a resolute, concerted effort were made to throw off this lethargy and to work together earnestly with the purpose of raising Harvard once more to its old position as the first athletic college in the country...
...cage is progressing slowly. The sliding seems to be difficult to master, and there are still the elementary faults of awkward fielding and careless throwing which must be remedied. The squad as a whole lacks snap, and the men seem to be afraid of expending any more effort than is actually necessary...