Word: fight
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...game on Saturday the team showed itself capable of winning an uphill fight, and proved itself deserving of the University's confidence. With such bright prospects for a victory over Yale, the players need only to be impressed with the feeling that the whole University is behind them. We hope that this appeal will be unnecessary, and that the mere announcement of the mass meeting will be sufficient to bring everyone out, for forced and reluctant cheering will never inspire a team to play the best it knows how. We are confident that the meeting tonight will be the occasion...
...these trials, Michigan appears to be more formidable than at first considered, as almost without exception every man entered came up to expectations. Pennsylvania and Cornell, however, still look strong, although it seems likely that Harvard, Yale, and Princeton will injure the former's chances, leaving Cornell to fight for first place with Michigan. Yale, by qualifying such a large number of men seems practically sure of fourth place, while third might be within its reach...
...have not forgotten those who left home or college to fight the battle of our Nation, for they left us much to remember. In Memorial Hall there stand the silent names of those who followed the greater call and gave up their lives that the cause which they considered right should succeed...
...Withington '09 won the 50-yard dash, and in the 100-yard dash slipped on the cloth and after a hard fight lost by only a few inches. J. V. Quinian '07 was third in the 50-yard dash, and first and second places in the 220-yard swim were won by E. Farley '07 and L. Howe '07 respectively. L. B. Harding '08 tied for second place in the plunge and S. E. Goodwin '07 won the diving. The most closely contested event was the relay race, which Columbia won by four yards. The water polo game was much...
...little physical pain. In any republic courage is a prime necessity for the average citizen if he is to be a good citizen; and he needs physical courage no less than moral courage, the courage, that dares as well as the courage that endures, the courage that will fight valiantly alike against the foes of the soul and the foes of the body. Athletics are good, especially in their rougher forms, because they tend to develop such courage. They are good also because they encourage a true democratic spirit; for in the athletic field the man must be judged...