Word: knowes
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...been in charge of a Harvard track team before this spring. The result is as much of a triumph for him as for the members of the team, for without a good coach it is certain that no such good showing would have been made. It is encouraging to know that both coaches and most of the men on the team will be back next year, and if a captain can be found to match Captain Rand for all around ability, next season's record should be even better than the one made this spring...
...term have been in a few instances favorably decided, but many of the live issues raised have been allowed practically to die out. What looked like a successful movement in the direction of a new Gymnasium has apparently entirely dropped from the attention of the undergraduates. We do not know whether the Corporation is considering the problem; we only hope that it is, for by a decision there we could get something definite done. But it was felt by many that the undergraduates should be the first to act, and that a generous subscription raised by them, although unable...
...thank you for the greeting. You do not know what a change this is for me; giving up the pleasant life that I have thoroughly enjoyed. Nothing is more stimulating than to lecture before a class of young men like this. I am going to leave this pleasant work and take up the most difficult task in the United States. The American college is being attacked on all sides and for all sorts of reasons. Many educators say that the college and the other departments of the university should be distinct and separate. I do not sympathize with those ideas...
...know how great a change this will be in my life here. When a man has been in one work for forty years with one ideal, it is a great change to find he can no longer work officially for that ideal. It does not, however, change his love, and I expect to have many opportunities to testify to this love. I hope you don't think the change in administration means that the ideals of the University will change. Its ideals will remain the same and I hope your love will also remain. It is a great thing...
Spring practice is valuable not only because the candidates learn a great deal of football, but also because they get in touch will the coaching system. The coaches, also, learn to know the men and can estimate the worth of the available material. In the fall the coaches cannot devote their time to individual coaching; they must work to perfect a machine. In the spring, however, there are a great many coaches who spend their time watching the different candidates...