Word: felted
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...this year's team C. W. Randall 1L., captain and first baseman; P. N. Coburn 2L., pitcher, and W. C. Matthews 1L., shortstop, will be unable to play next year on account of the four year eligibility rule. Their loss will be keenly felt as their experience has made them especially valuable in the development of the team. H. D. Kernan '05, left fielder; W. F. Bradbury '06, second baseman, and F. A. Spencer '06, fielder, will be lost by graduation. This leaves B. K. Stephenson '06, catcher; C. R. Leonard '08, third baseman; A. E. McCarty '07, right fielder...
...this ratification is in most cases a formality, and a mere safeguard against any manifestly improper choice. The Committee does not concern itself with the question of how the captain arrived at his selection, whether by competition or promotion or because he preferred a certain candidate. It has not felt that such things lay within its province. In the same way it has nothing to do with creating a "winning system" or "policy" in any branch of sport. This is a matter for the contestants themselves, aided by their expert advisers. Of course if a serious case of "fake" competition...
...less than two dollars a head for the maintenance of the minor sports, and for contributions to the cost of the track team, and the crew, at the same time to make up the rest of the expenses of these two teams in view of the general interest felt in them...
...think most of us will agree that we have felt the great shortcomings of Harvard social life in this respect, and while we have believed that it is impossible ever to arrive at any ideal state we have still been of the opinion that there are many inherent obstacles to the right sort of intercourse which are capable of eradication. I remember how we set going Freshmen receptions some years ago, and how we welcomed Mr. Higginson's gift of the Union as tending to remove these obstacles. These things like the special efforts now being made for frequent smokers...
...aristocracy of color and section, that deep instinct of self-preservation brought the north almost unanimously together in defense of the imperiled nation. Its instantaneous effect was to scatter the temporizing plans of old politicians. Those who previously had denounced and persecuted the anti-slavery minority, suddenly felt drawn into this wave of national sentiment, and now denounced the slaveholders and their allies of the north. Impelled by this tide of enthusiasm, Fietcher Webster, son of the most conspicuous enemy of the anti-slavery crusade, took command of a Massachusetts regiment and later died on the field, fighting...