Word: failed
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Neither crew is well together yet, and consequently the boats are unsteady; but as the orders are rarely changed this difficulty should soon be overcome. The first eight is considerably heavier than is usual with Freshman crews, and individually the men seem to get a strong drive; but they fail to work together, and no marked effects are yet apparent. The men have partially overcome their greatest fault of rushing, but the slides are not yet as well under control as they should be. At present, the crews are having their chief difficulty in training the blades close...
...mile run for the cups offered by A. W. Blakemore '97 and H. W. Foote '98 for those men who fail to make the track team, will take place just before the dual games with Yale. Cups will probably be offered under the same conditions for the hurdlers...
...Weld crews, the Seniors are the best. They are rowing well together and with more life than they have had formerly. Their principal trouble is that they do not finish strongly. The Juniors are not doing as well as they should. They fail to reach out far enough and hurry too much. The Sophomores have improved considerably and have plenty of life, but should get more power and a better finish to the stroke...
...increase respect for law. The fact is that it has been shown impossible to enforce this law. If the people of New York could be brought to respect and obey the law the case would be entirely different, but now if you try to enforce this law and utterly fail, you will accomplish nothing. It is said that if we allow the Mayor to exercise discretion we shall have despotism; but we are willing to trust to the good sense of the American people to choose mayors who are capable of using discretion. With frequent elections there...
...community. If Mayor Low strictly enforces the law, it means that Tammany will come in at the next election, for before election Mayor Low repeatedly pledged himself to enforce this law judiciously. If he breaks his pledge and deserts his platform, as Dr. Abbott says, he will fail to be re-elected. If there is to be a decent government in New York working for the interest of the people instead of for the interest of the politicians, Mayor Low must enforce this law judiciously...