Word: generalship
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...trench work is finished, is unquestionable. Likewise Captain Faxon stuck to his post on the line and worked every second of the game. He may feel that he led his men as a captain should have done and that failure was not due to any flaws in his generalship. Yale happened to be the better team two years in succession, a thing which upperclassmen believed impossible...
...that he could not understand how anyone could go on doing now just what he had done before the war. "Determine to lead a soldierly life right now," he advised," and by being soldierly, I mean possessing not only the quality of obedience, but also that of generalship. Be commander-in-chief of all the forces under you power, and marshal them for the fight now and after...
...When the time comes, there is going to be a mighty struggle for ideals. That is why the universities and colleges of America should be the centre of a kind of manhood that is soldierly, that has moral decision and generalship. The battle front in Europe moves onward slowly, thrusting out a wedge in the enemy's line, and gradually widening that narrow wedge until the whole line is even with it, and ready to push forward a new attack in another place. It is just so that civilization attacks barbarism, and the fight for the future moves on. They...
...present coach of the Boston College squad, instructed the drop kickers of both University squads for a short time. After the scrimmage, he expressed his opinion of the University elevens. "The Freshman team looks better than the informals. The line is especially strong, and the quarterbacks show good generalship. It is one of the best Freshmen elevens I have seen...
...each of its four touchdowns resulted from a steady march down the field. Brown's heralded offence was unable to gain consistently through the strong Colgate line, and the latter's goal line was little threatened throughout the game. Anderson, who played quarterback for the winners, showed faultless generalship, and the heavy trio of Colgate backs executed their difficult trick formations with impressive team-work. The victory, which came as a complete surprise to most followers of the game, gives Yale a chance to claim the Eastern title, since the Blue defeated Colgate earlier in the season...