Word: elements
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Aside from the unnecessary strain upon energy which would result from a protracted parade, there is always the danger of attaching undesirable recruits. The rougher element are unable to draw fine distinctions between College demonstrations and others prompted by less praiseworthy motives. They will welcome the opportunity to commit acts of vandalism under the cover of a large crowd, and as usual Harvard will get the credit for their deeds. We may exaggerate this danger, but the possibility of unwelcome disturbances should be sufficient to check any misdirected demonstration...
...transformed a defeat into a clean-cut victory, should in themselves be sufficient to establish confidence in the minds of the most exacting critics. It is up to the Harvard men to rally to the support of Coach Crane for these remaining three weeks and accord him that necessary element in all campaigns--enthusiasm--the kind that always wins victories...
Since the professional baseball season terminated, a larger proportion of those who watch football practice are of the type known in baseball lore as "fans." Another unnecessary faction is the younger set of Cambridge and Boston uncertainties popularly known as "muckers." This decidedly extra-University element has certainly developed undesirable proportions. Theoretically there is no objection to orderly visitors who desire to watch our practice, but the unpleasant evidences of the tobacco chewing habit left in the Stadium by the older enthusiasts, and the utter disregard of the younger element for the rights of others, make their presence a nuisance...
Several disadvantages occur from widely spread municipal ownership. Withdrawal of private capital would cause a great loss to the citizens. The actual working of governmental monopolies is slow and deadening, as the element of personal gain is entirely absent...
...Gilbert Murray, formerly professor of Greek at the University of Glasgow, delivered the third of series of lectures on "Greek Traditional Poetry" last night. His subject was that previously announced for the second lecture, "Chaos and the element of Regeneration, Aides and Nemesis...