Word: game
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...proper and desirable function of a professional coach does not include the personal conduct and direction of a game from the side lines or the bench. Such a practice amounts to the same thing as prompting an actor from behind the scenes. After a man has been taught how to play the game, he should be allowed to play it; and the men on a team should oppose the idea of having their plays in a game directed by a paid coach as they would scorn the idea of having a tutor stand behind them to tell them what...
...with our competitors--is of great importance from the standpoint of the undergraduate, and for that very reason should be given weight. One of the few opportunities an undergraduates has of witnessing the united spirit of the University is in athletic contests; and intercollegiate games, especially those with Yale, awake in him a sense of devotion to his Alma Mater which nothing else furnishes. There are few men whose spirit has not been stirred by witnessing the tremendous enthusiasm at a Yale game, and such an event leaves a lasting impression. It is well enough to say that such devotion...
...order to perpetuate this spirit it is necessary that Harvard shall compete on an equal footing with her opponents. It may well be that the winning of a game is not the essential thing in athletic contests, but it is surely essential that there shall not be certainty of defeat, for that kills enthusiasm...
...University basketball team held its last practice of the season in the Gymnasium last night, when it defeated the second team 40 to 18 in a hard and fast game. The shooting and passing were very accurate and the team showed the same excellent form that it displayed in the Dartmouth game Monday night...
...from Pennsylvania by default, but was beaten by Columbia 29 to 24. If the team defeats Princeton, Harvard will win the intercollegiate championship. Princeton has defeated Brown and also Columbia, but judging from scores Harvard and Princeton seem to be about even in the swimming events. The water polo game should go to Princeton by a narrow margin...