Word: handicaps
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...token of the good will of his classmates, before he understands the strenuous duties it involves--duties for which be may have neither taste nor aptitude. During the past dozen years several secretaries have been chosen who reside in distant cities. Experience shows that distance is an almost insuperable handicap, both in collecting news and managing class reunions. We have before us letter from two distant secretaries both conscientious and willing men, who deplore their handicap. One of them says: 'Never again allow a man who lives far from Harvard to be elected secretary. It isn't fair...
...soccer team early in October and about forty men started the fall season. A few veterans and members of last year's Freshman team reported, but even with this slight advantage in experienced men, it has been necessary to shape up entirely new combinations. With this handicap and that of unfavorable weather at a time when the new material was most in need of practice, the team has been forced to go through the season with but one victory and one tie to its credit out of six games played. In reality, the string of defeats does not represent...
...three University crews will finish a profitable fall season this afternoon. A handicap race will be held over the regular mile and seven-eighths course in the Charles River Basin. The exact handicaps have not yet been decided upon, but the third crew will probably start between one and two lengths ahead of the second and the second an equal distance ahead of the University crew, in order that the finish may be as close as possible...
...Handicap crew race...
Despite the unfavorable weather and heavy track, some excellent performances were made in the fall handicap games held in the Stadium yesterday. The best race of the afternoon was the 880-yard run which resulted in a dead heat between G. Lamont '16 and R.D. Campbell '17, both men running from scratch. Lamont started early to cut down his handicap and at the quarter-mile mark was in first position with Campbell last of a field of a dozen. R. St. B. Boyd '14 ran well in the three mile race, while I. L. Foley '15 with a handicap...