Word: equal
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...nine had a good opportunity to win the game from Princeton at one time but did not prove equal to the opportunity. Their erratic work was a disappointment,- a sore disappointment to the men who went to New Haven to support them. The trouble with the nine seems to be, not that they are incapable of playing a strong game, but that they cannot at critical moments keep themselves calm and make use of the abilities they have. The lack of experience is fatal; it has shown itself in all but one of the important games, and, what is most...
Last year the amount collected was large,- very large, in fact; and much good was done with it. The committee in charge hope that equal generosity will be shown by students this year. Their hope ought not to be disappointed; the appeal comes at a time when students have much such clothing of which they must make some disposal, and the paltry sums given by dealers can well be sacrificed. The money will not mean to the students a fraction of the benefit which the clothing will bring the poor...
...students are to give confidence to the team-and the team needs it badly,- the only effective way is to begin at the start. The power of cheering is not infinite. If other things are about equal it will turn the scale; but when one nine has the confidence that comes from a winning lead and the other the nervousness that comes from a threatened defeat, then cheering is about so much noise and nothing more. Let the cheering,- honest, hearty cheering, greet the nine when it comes out of the Carey Building, and from that time...
...Harvard in all circumstances. He is a man of action; always thoroughly acquainted with the matter in hand from its broadest aspects to its minutest details, always clear as to his own intention, always calm, swift and unhesitating in its realization. No university president in the country is his equal in executive ability, and it is safe to say that, when his administration closes, the executive of Harvard will have to be reorganized...
...well attended. After a few introductory remarks the speaker gave a short history of railroad signalling and then proceeded to illustrate the modern methods of signalling. The immense strides which have recently been made in this work are mostly due to the application of electricity. If an equal amount of progress can be made in the next few years, a railway accident will practically become an impossibility...