Word: goodness
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...unsatisfactory game by the score of 3 to 1. The score should have been larger, but Harvard lost several chances for runs by stupid errors on the bases. While there were several clever plays pulled off in the field, notably Harvard's three double plays, each of which spoiled good chances for runs, it was uninteresting baseball for the most part, and the slow playing of the visitors made the game drag unnecessarily...
...tone of the press is to be raised, it must be through the reporters. Let us then get educated men upon our papers, and lot. Harvard graduates start at the bottom, for it takes a man of education, trained mind, and high standards, to be a good reporter...
...means assured. Since the southern trip, the University team has been coming along nicely and there has been a general improvement in the work. There is lots of life in the team, and the men are beginning to play with a little more confidence. The hitting has been exceptionally good, no less than five of the players having percentages close to 300 or over; and on the bases the men are doing better. Currier's catching is as energetic and effective as formerly and his throwing is excellent. Briggs fits in splendidly at first and fields his position well...
...just of which came yesterday afternoon, when Tappan was put in at stroke in the University crew and Swaim displaced Faulkner at 3 the latter going to that position in the second boat. Coach Wray has been making these numerous changes during the week in order to develop a good stroke, and the work of yesterday, with Tappan in that position, was very satisfactory. There is also difficulty in getting three how men who will row together well. Burchard, Lunt, and Faulkner, who have been tried at these positions have been rowing short and are uneven in their swing. Faulkner...
...years in the future. The lack of foresight displayed in this country offers great opportunities for technically trained men who are willing to sacrifice physical comforts to the hardy life of a forester, and it is toward this end that our schools of forestry are doing national good...