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...faith, there is no faith," is not always helpful. As a help to your faith, suppose the preacher is so powerful and so eloquent that you leave the church absolutely faithless. Ask yourself if the world outside does not seem infinitely narrower, vastly changed; if the atmosphere is not heavier, and the clouds duller. Ask if you do not feel a lack in your heart which used to lend a certain elasticity to life which is now gone. If all this seems true then you may know that you have faith. Jesus said if you have faith "even...
...much cannot be said in praise of the showing made by the team against their heavier opponents. Until the very end of the game they broke through continually and blocked off like veterans, and it was only when their strength gave out in the unequal contest that Yale's wedges and push-plays began to be effective. A pluckier and more determined fight against odds than that made by Worden, Russell, and Mannahan is seldom seen, and it is worth noticing that Harvard made as many gains by bucking directly through the centre as Yale...
About thirty-five are now working. The heavier football men are expected soon after the game on Saturday, though it is possible that they will not be called out until after Christmas. They are sorely needed however, as most of the present candidates are too light...
...divided into two squads, one made up of the heavier candidates, the other of the lighter men. There are about sixteen men or two crews in each squad. Kales and Mumford have been stroking the heavier crews and Stewart is stroke of the third crew. The positions are by no means fixed. Kales and Mumford were appointed simply because they have had a little previous experience. It is rather remarkable that the lightest men learn much more rapidly than the heavy ones...
This makes it evident that Harvard will have the lighter line for blocking-off, and offensive play in general, but the heavier for breaking through, and defensive play, since, when Yale has the ball, both Trafford and Lake will play in the line...