Word: flags
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...must not continue. The prospects for turning out a good team are excellent, and they must not be dwarfed by a lack of enthusiasm on the part of the students. Want of loyalty to a team must never be charged to Harvard men, whose enthusiasm is not wont to flag even in the face of defeat. The Athletic Association is in need of help, and if Harvard is to have a fair chance in the intercollegiate contest next spring, student interest must revive. The men training for the team owe it to the University to do their best to bring...
...Harvard is to win this year the interest which has been so great in former years should not be allowed to flag, especially when the other universities are making unusual efforts to defeat her. Thus far the interest of the students, we think, has not been as great as it should have been. The reputation of Harvard in debate is a splendid one. She can show an absolutely unbroken record of victories, and every student in the University should feel a personal interest in keeping this record as clear...
...will surely invite a repetition of the wrong; and in the end the American people are certain to rent this. Make no mistake. When our people as a whole finally understand the question they will insist on a course of conduct which will uphold the honor of the American flag; and we can in no way more effectively invite ultimate war than by deceiving foreign powers into taking a position which will make us certain to clash with them once our people have been fully aroused...
...splendid work the Harvard men did yesterday, particularly in the second half. Nothing more disheartening than its opening can be imagined. With an adverse score and a vindictive wind which had been of no service in the first half, suddenly rising to a half gale, so that the flag-staff bent, I could not imagine what instructions you could give the men. In the face of it all to carry the ball 80 yards without once losing it and to a touchdown, was a feat not often seen on any field. I trust we shall never hear again of Harvard...
...first field day of the Vassar College Athletic Association was held Saturday, in spite of the rain. The class of '97 won 25 points, '98 14 and '95 5. The championship flag was awarded, therefore...