Word: granting
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...change in life takes place. However, there is no place in College for bluffers. When a man enters the gates of the Yard he leaves behind all disguises and stands on his own merits. Professor Perry said that the best advice he could give was the speech which General Grant made to his soldiers when first placed at their head: "Go to your quarters." Go to his own quarters and get to his own work is what each student should do. He closed by wishing all good luck in their efforts for the good of the University...
...afternoon falling on the ball and tackling the dummy was again tried under the direction of Coach Dewey, G. Grant '14 and K. Reynolds '14. The backs and linemen were then divided in to separate squads, the former being drilled in catching and running in punts, while the latter were given individual instruction in blocking and breaking through...
...college athletics in general in the last annual report of the Athletic Committee. Mr. Gill has gone over the figures for 1909-10, and presents a great number of them, more or less digested, in a long series of tables. His general conclusion is that if we will grant the legitimacy and wisdom of "the whole policy of modern, organized athletics . . . over $122,000 of the $127,000 . . . was carefully and purposely spent," and that even for the rest of it there is much justification. That is, there is very little "graft" in Harvard athletics. But this is not news...
...would seem desirable, therefore, to grant unclassified students Faculty advisers, or at least to permit them at their own discretion to ask for advisers. Such a plan would give the unclassified student the same advantages that are obtained by the Freshman. In addition, it would enable him better to co-ordinate work carried on at another college with that done here. Lastly, it would clarify his position by permitting him to obtain definite information at all times concerning courses and requirements...