Word: faces
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...played by the first and second nines. The second squad showed some improvement both in batting and fielding. It has been strengthened by the addition of Edmunds who played centre field on last year's freshman team. McVey, while backing up the second baseman, was struck in the face by a thrown ball. The injury, although painful, is not serious...
...watching the practice of the teams that are to represent their university and are not even allowed to know who the men that will form these teams are, their interest invariably weakens, and enthusiasm gives place to an indifference, which is the most discouraging thing a team has to face. On the other hand, if the practice is open and the students may follow the work of their representatives, their interest grows as the final race gets nearer, and they are ready to give their crew or football eleven the heartiest support at the time when this support...
...choir sang the following selections: "Jerusalem-high Tower," H. W. Parker; "Christian, the Evening Waits," Shelley; and "Turn Thy Face," Atwood...
...prospects for turning out a good team are excellent, and they must not be dwarfed by a lack of enthusiasm on the part of the students. Want of loyalty to a team must never be charged to Harvard men, whose enthusiasm is not wont to flag even in the face of defeat. The Athletic Association is in need of help, and if Harvard is to have a fair chance in the intercollegiate contest next spring, student interest must revive. The men training for the team owe it to the University to do their best to bring her victory...
...those who introduce new or little-known games. It has, however, the great disadvantage that it can be played only in an extremely limited and, at that, unreliable season and at a time of the year when athletic diversions are at a discount in the University. In the face of this disadvantage, the newly formed Harvard team has gone to work with good spirit and though beaten in the first contest with Brown, has kept hard at work and now hopes to be able to make a better if not a victorious showing against its more experienced and better organized...