Word: good
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...faultless, the carnival scene being particularly effective. In the chorus, however, much is lacking, which might escape notice were this body not so frequently in evidence, but since no remarkable dancing is seen and this, coupled with an absence of beauty, we wonder for what function this good old American Institution is intended; if just to pass the time we lose patience, for we long ago have ceased to expect real singing...
...Good songs are included, especially a few modern ones, such as "If I Knock the L Out of Kelly" which Marguerite Farrell gets across; there is no other way to describe it. All in all, we are glad Lew Fields is in town, for if his co-workers are not up to snuff, he still is able to make us forget for a while that there are such things as wars and elections...
...Brown game will doubtless have little effect on the spirits of the regular outfit, so many members of which accompanied almost the entire coaching squad to Princeton to get a peek at the Yale team in action. The Harvard eleven, except for one or two men, has had a good rest since playing Princeton and can do considerable work in final preparation for Yale during the three days it will be at Cambridge this week. The defence for the Yale game has been worked out and after going to Princeton all the coaches have been able to have a hand...
...HAVEN, CONN., Nov. 20, 1916.--The Yale football squad arrived in New Haven late yesterday afternoon after their rest over the week-end at Atlantic City. All the men who played in Saturday's game seemed to be in good shape and refreshed by their stay at the New Jersey resort...
Thus for a large number of Harvard graduates have been the only ones to voice this sentiment, yet the spirit of fair play and good sportsmanship seems to recommend this criticism as worthy of consideration on the part of the undergraduates and the Athletic Committee. The increasing tendency of college athletics is more and more towards the calculating, efficient ideal of modern business, and away from the recreative standard of true sport for sport's sake. The adoption of a progressive suggestion may mean a certain amount of sacrifice, but it is well worth while when the step tends towards...