Word: feelings
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...hoped that the attempt to prevent class football games from deteriorating into rushes is not responsible for the small attendance at the game yesterday. Probably most men felt that they would not be missed, and as a result of their apparent lack of interest the teams cannot but feel that they are representing only a small part of their classes. In the game this afternoon both teams should be impressed with the fact that they are playing for a much greater object than to defeat the eleven men who face them...
...comfort of the spectators at the game tomorrow is partly intrusted to a large number of ushers, chosen in a majority of cases without any knowledge of their ability and with the understanding that their chief motive for volunteering was to see the game. They should feel, however, that they owe a duty which must be conscientiously performed before they consider their own inclinations. They should endeavor to seat everyone as promptly as courtesy allows and to keep the aisles free at all times. No matter what arrangements may be made beforehand, the success of the ushering depends upon...
Every year speculators reap a rich harvest from the sale of Yale game tickets--and no doubt they feel justified in earning their livelihood by this means. But the professional speculator is not on the last of those entitled to receive tickets, and we must conclude that a few graduates or undergraduates have sought to make their connection with the University a source of dishonorable profit. The temptation is no doubt greater for some than for others, but need of the proceeds does not justify this sort of ticket speculation...
...justice to the coaching staff I feel that a word from me would not be out of place. Especially at this time--the most critical point in the season--it is essential that this department be given the enthusiastic and undivided support it merits...
...should remember that this is the anniversary of the birth, not the death, of the man who so generously endowed Harvard. Although our knowledge of the man is limited, we cannot but feel that he would prefer the presence of the young men who benefit by his endowment, rather than an atmosphere of sanctity from which heartiness is lacking. The bonfire may offend some, but we see nothing radically objectionable in it, and in the absence of a substitute which could secure equal participation we do not consider it entirely unfitting...