Word: lighter
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Freshman football team will play Worcester Academy this afternoon at Worcester. The Worcester team this year is lighter than usual, and has shown in its games thus far no signs of especial strength...
...situation. It certainly cannot be in the coaching for the regular coaches are constantly on the field, and there is hardly a day when several University coaches and players do not assist conscientiously. The other cause which naturally suggests itself is that of poor material. There are fewer and lighter men playing now than there has been within the last six or eight years. The fact that five Freshmen are being kept on the University squad certainly does not account for this state of affairs. I have learned that not more than 100 men handed in their names...
...lighter material, there is a one-act comedy by Mr. Welldon, and there are three pieces of verse. Mr. Sturgis's "Farthest North," is the most vigorous of these and apparently the most sincere; "The Unresigned," is the most musical; and a "Sonnet," is the most obscure...
Following the luncheon hour there should be two hours more of work of a lighter nature, and the hours from 4 to 6 should be used for outdoor exercise. This arrangement would leave two hours for dinner and amusement until 8 o'clock, the hours from 8 to 10 being profitably employed in further work. The hour for retiring was named as 10 o'clock. He laid great stress on both regularity of method and simplicity of diet...
Except for a few runs of more than average length, there was little to vary the monotonous spectacle of a team forcing its way down the field four times for touchdowns against much lighter opponents who should have been beaten by a considerably larger score. The University team played at the start with more spirit and snap than it has recently displayed and during the first half managed to score 18 points, but in the second half made a very poor showing and ended the game by being held for downs within 8 yards of a touchdown--a strong reminder...