Word: grimness
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...theory football is good for the players, for the general body of undergraduates, and for the alumni. For the players, football serves to build character, to inspire personal courage, and to develop true sportsmanship; but present overemphasis tends to rob the game of all pleasure and make it a grim and serious business. For the general body of undergraduates, football is a cohesive force and represents dramatically the ideals of the college; but present overemphasis tends to give it a false importance which-distorts the students' sense of collegiate values. For alumni, football is a magnet, drawing graduates back...
...clothes for marionettes or reading plays. Such conduct irritated the Dominie of Odense. He had no liking for Hans; what was more, the boy did not know his catechism. So he took Hans away and had him confirmed by a Bishop. After the ceremony he took him into the grim vicarage and shook a forefinger in his face...
Defeated twice but in a frame of mind that augurs ill for the Crimson, the Yale eleven will enter today's game a decided favorite. The over confidence that wracked the Blue's chances against Princeton has been replaced by a spurt of grim determination, and Captain Joss's men will go into the Stadium today with the odds at least two-to-one in their favor...
...Haven, Conn., November 19, 1926--The Yale eleven leaves here tomorrow morning with its midseason confidence shattered but a spirit of grim determination in each of the players. Coach Jones plans to use a large number of substitutes...
...surly doorkeeper. The reporter was a man typical of his kind, a seedy fellow, drearily accoutred. No evening shirt fluted his meagre bosom. No glittering lady stood beside him. He was obviously not wealthy. He was not a member of the "Club." "Beat it, Buddy," said the grim face at the slit...