Word: life
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Major Higginson introduced President Eliot as "the man who has given the devotion of his entire life to Harvard." The President began by saying that there should be no regret at his resignation. He desires to leave the strenuous task before his faculties are impaired. A young man is needed, who will have to learn much, but who must pursue a steady policy, for that is the only way to gain success. President Eliot said that he had always been interested in athletics and in the success of the Harvard teams; but he has always believed that honor is first...
...University football team had a ten minute scrimmage with the second eleven in the secret practice yesterday afternoon. Both teams showed good team play, and put lots of life in the work in spite of the rain and wet field. The forward pass was used successfully by both teams. Browne, Corbett and Hoar were on the field but did not play in the scrimmage...
...last meeting of the Freshman Bible class, conducted by Mr. A. P. Fitch, rector of Mt. Vernon Street Church, Boston, will be held in Peabody Hall, Phillips Brooks House, this evening at 7 o'clock. During the meeting the Hoffman slides on the life of Christ will be shown by means of a stereopticon. As this is the last meeting of the course all Freshmen who have attended previously or who are interested in the subject are urged to be present...
...President was alert as usual and seized the opportunity to talk freely about his resignation. The ever-present optimism was the keynote of his speech and we are all enlisted at his invitation in discovering the right man, a man in the very flush of the prime of life, to undertake the responsibilities which have been his for forty years. The successor will be found and it has seemed best that he be found...
...place in the line. Leslie was then put in, and Corbett went in for Long at end on the second team. In this position he showed up well, blocking one of Galatti's punts and breaking up several other plays. The work of the University team was full of life, and the backfield showed improvement in handling kicks. Dunlap was in at left guard and Withington went back to tackle. The second team played a good, hard game, Minot and Page doing particularly well...