Word: good
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...those two years, at the close of the football season, the undergraduates gave the eleven a football dinner. At the first dinner they met to cheer an eleven which, though beaten, had done credit to Harvard; at the second to welcome royally a conquering team. At both the good fellowship and enthusiasm were unbounded. The first football dinner did much toward the victory of the next year and, more important even than that, aroused the desired spirit of interest in the University. It is needless to say that the second dinner was an event remembered by all who attended...
...whole that we are proud of our team. They did not win to be sure, but every man of them did his best, and from Captain Wrightington down to the last of the substitutes, we are still proud of them. "Strike while the iron is hot" is a good maxim. Such a dinner would also afford a very good chance to discuss what system is to be followed next year, and the Athletic Committee might well be invited to respond to such a toast as "Future victories and how to win them." Such a dinner will be a great success...
...with the season's experiences and lessons fresh in mind, is the time to begin preparations for next year. If all men who expect to try for the team next year will exercise regularly and keep in good condition and training during the intervening time, there will be less likelihood that the team will fail from lack of mere physical strength and endurance...
...with a reasonable degree of plausibility, that the cause is to be found in the dampness and fogs that spread over the low marshy grounds near Soldiers Field. At any rate, every effect must have a cause. It is a self-evident fact that often Harvard teams, with as good material and able to play as strong a game as other teams, are defeated through inability to hold out as well as their opponents. What is the cause...
...prospects of the Fencing Club for a successful year are very good. About twenty candidates for the team are practicing with Professor Rondelle, who gives instruction Tuesday and Friday evenings...