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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...League of Nations is essential for the future peace and safety of the world," said Hugh Walpole when asked his opinion concerning that bitterly contested undertaking. "As it now stands it has many flaws in it, I admit. But then every great experiment is never first presented in its final, polished form...
Head Coach Fisher '12, the next speaker, emphasized the fact that the easy schedule was forced upon the management by circumstances. "We sent the team against Princeton without knowing how well it would show up. But from the first minute the team 'came back.' And the fact that the team, in the last five minutes of play fought their way to a tie shows the stuff they are made of." Relative to the Yale game he said, "I was greatly impressed by the Yale team, their strength and power. But look at that eleven," (turning...
Today the New England Federation of Harvard Clubs will hold its annual meeting at Lowell under the auspices of the Harvard Club of that city. This meeting will be the first the Federation has had since the beginning of the war. Several matters of importance to the University will be discussed...
...seems as though Yale and Princeton have, for once, set aside the "Harvard first" policy. This is all the more to be regretted in view of the recent strong agitation in favor of tennis as a major sport at Harvard. That the Student Council should summarily reject the plan does not suggest that they considered the matter too carefully. Constituted, as that body is, with a large proportion of its members being the Captains and Managers of the present major sports, it is not hard to observe their psychological effect on the body as a whole. We may suppose that...
...results of the first regular season of soccer since 1916 have been very satisfactory in view of the great difficulties under which we have been working," said Coach Burgess recently in a review of the present soccer year. "We haven't had many men to work with who have had experience in a college game before, as the only player on the team who I have coached before at the University is Kellett; and he has put up a splendid game at right inside forward. Another disadvantage that counted against us was the short time for practice before the games...