Word: goodness
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...thoroughly tired of being dunned for subscriptions, when the Athletic Association has an enormous yearly surplus beyond the reach of the minor managers. No one will attempt to defend subscription soliciting, either as a method of financing teams or as a competition. Nor is there a single good side to the commercial policy that is being so effectually forced upon our managers. What we all want is a blanket ticket for all but the most important games on every Harvard schedule; an absolute abolition of subscriptions; and support for all teams from the general fund...
...public school and not the home that has the greatest influence upon education. The non-success in teaching is due to the failure of the teacher to get into communication with the parents. If the ideas of the parents and the teachers do not converge to a common end, good results cannot be secured from public schools. Moreover, since the greater proportion of the boys who leave school on completing the elementary grades, find themselves inadequately fitted for earning wages, the training in the public schools should be supplemented by night schools and trade schools, where the education will...
...Gregory '10 won the potato race in 34 1-5 seconds, beating his old record made last year. He was closely pushed by A. Sweetser '11 and J. F. McDonald '08. The high jump had a good number of entries and was very spectacular. It was won by S. A. Reed '11, with B. T. Stephenson '08 second, and W. A. Dennis '11 third. The best jump was made by G. E. Roosevelt '09, who cleared 5 feet, 9 inches, in good form, but failed to place because of the handicaps given his opponents...
...outdoor events R. C. Foster '11 won the 45-yard hurdles for men who never started in a high-hurdle race. P. C. Haskell '08 was second, and R. F. Hoyt '10 was third. All ran in good form for novices. The 45-yard handicap hurdle race was won by W. M. Rand '09 in 6 seconds, record time. The 2-mile cross-country run had a large number of entries, and the runners were well bunched at the finish. E. L. Viets '10 won in 10 minutes, 55 seconds. The 12-pound hammer throw was postponed until tomorrow...
...Harvard Allen and Currie played a good game, and for Wesleyan, Soule and White excelled. The spectacular shooting of Soule was a feature...