Word: failings
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...been sufficiently discussed in all its bearing. Certain remarks let fall by those interested in foot-ball would seem to indicate that the scheme can hardly hope to meet with very hearty support from that quarter, while some of the men who are prominent in rowing affairs fail to exhibit any very enthusiastic appreciation of the new departure. The fact is that many valuable men will be kept from trying for the eleven, or, if class games are to be played, from the elevens if the new plan is put into operation. It is doubtful, too, if the short season...
...revision of the foot-ball rules has wrought a complete change in the character of the game, and has done away with many, if not all, of its objectionable features. Under the new order of things we fail to see how the authorities can find grounds for continuing their prohibition of the sport. We look forward with confidence to a removal of the interdict which has lain upon the game since last fall. The alterations in the code have, apparently, done everything that can be done to reduce rough and ungentlemanly play to a minimum. That the college may become...
...significance of its having come from across the Atlantic should by no means be overlooked. All like gifts, aiming at special and advanced study, are always valuable to a University. If but few in number, they tend perhaps to be an aggravation; but if many, they cannot fail to create an incentive for higher study and indirectly to raise the entire intellectual tone of the college or university possessing them...
...better fall sport has ever been desired than foot-ball, and its abandonment by the college cannot fail to be taken as an indication of the wane of that spirit of pluck and hardihood which has characterized the Harvard undergraduate of the past...
...made to sixes in the class races, on the ground that enough good men cannot be had for an eight. It is likely, too, that an eight-oared race between the Yale and Harvard freshmen will be arranged. This would be a decidedly good move and could not fail of advantageous results. The boating outlook cannot be said to be promising, but judicious management and conscientious work may compensate for lack of material and experience. Of last year's crew there are now in college Cowles, Peters and Paton. Appleton, '86, substitute last year, is a finished oarsman, and will...