Word: knew
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Harvard's eleven. The men worked as hard as men ever worked and they accomplished all that men could be expected to accomplish under such discouraging conditions. No one has anything but praise for the men who made up the eleven. They played as well as they knew how to play. The whole trouble lay in the fact that they have not been taught how to play the game as it is played today. In both individual and team play they acted like men who had been left to work out their own salvation. All who saw the game must...
...greatest difficulties in the way of getting up a strong team is the lack of heavy men. Not a candidate thus far has presented himself who weighed as much as one hundred and eighty pounds who knew anything about the game or showed signs of future capability. The center of the line under the present circumstances cannot be strong enough to cope with a team which will draw nine men from the Yale 'varsity training table...
...class this year numbers fifty men, a very good number for the first year. But it is thought that if more men knew the details of the course and the advantages it offers, double, if not more, the number would take the course...
...answer to our letter soliciting a statement from you as to what you did want, you replied naming conditions which were thoroughly discussed both last year and this year and which you knew would not be acceptable...
Such a character of ambition and sturdy perseverence contained a beautiful and tender side as well. Not only will the appearance of Shaw's well-built figure and noble face be deeply missed, but also his kind smile and pleasant companionship, which all who knew him loved and treasured...