Word: good
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...annual debate between the Harvard Union and the Prospect Union Debating Club was held last night in Sever 11. The speaking was, on the whole, very good...
...critic he is impartial; he has strong convictions and presents them forcibly; he is aggressive. To these qualities are due the large number of his enemies; but these are good qualities. He is, morever, accurate and exceedingly erudite...
...found them rowing in very good shape, far better, indeed, than I had expected. They showed more confidence and greater steadiness, which proved to my mind that they had been carefully thinking out for themselves what they had been learning in the fall, and had been constantly endeavoring to apply these lessons under the guidance of skilful instructors. To put it in a different way: whereas in the fall they had always to be thinking, with the recurrence of every stroke, of the various motions that they had to get through, as of something more or less strange or unaccustomed...
After listening to some doubts which have been expressed as to the ability of an American crew to master the principles of the English stroke in a single year, it is reassuring to hear from the coach himself such a good account of the progress of the University eight. In the opinion of those who are in a position to know, the crew is now improving rapidly and consistently, and if this same improvement is kept up and no accidents occur, we may look forward to making at least a creditable showing next June...
...sure of success in the important contests and for this very reason to fail to do all that they are capable of. It is to be hoped that this will remain an old failing and that the University will not be guilty of it again. Self-reliance is a good quality until it leads to carelessness. If the ability of the crew to learn is only as great as that of Mr. Lehmann to teach and if the rest of us are not afflicted with that absolute, serene confidence which has sometimes existed, a long step will have been taken...