Word: maintain
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...first since the fall of '94, has been a contest which meant far more to each side than the ordinary contests on the gridiron. Yale has been laboring with her proverbial grit against heavy disadvantages. The sympathies of all sportsmen have been with her in her efforts to maintain the magnificent record she has made in the past, by the exercise of those qualities which even her hereditary opponents cannot but admire and honor. Harvard, on the other hand, has strained every nerve to burst the chain of defeats which have been piling up their weight until it has become...
...aggressive, a good tackler and hard line bucker. He also seems to catch the ball and hold it. Sullivan has played in hard luck and has had no opportunity to show his best. He played well in the Brown game, but, his leg weakening, he has been unable to maintain the pace. Cozzens too has suffered from injuries. He tackles well and gets good speed in running but is not entirely a safe back. Haughton is kicking well and accurately, with a twist that is difficult to catch. He gets off quickly with the interference, but does...
...expressly provided for, the Freshman Debating Club, English 30 and English 6 furnishing adequate opportunities for the three other classes. Sophomores, however, can do most valuable work in keeping alive the interest in the present upper-class clubs, a work much needed if the clubs are to maintain their past positions...
...such a club should continue its existence until graduation, it seems reasonable to suppose that it could at least maintain its position in the class, and probably strengthen it. The successful debaters would presumably acquire more prestige and attract more men into the club from year to year. The class as it grew older would appreciate more keenly the service rendered to it by its debaters. Finally, by gradual association, and by identification with the class in respect to name, officers and membership, a feeling of responsibility could be aroused which the present unattached clubs wholly lack...
...make for himself a creditable record on the football squad. For this consideration alone, then, even those who are incapable of bestirring themselves for the sake of their class, and for the sake of their college-for it deeply concerns the prestige of the University itself to maintain the high Freshman athletic record of the past-would do well to enter the competition for places on the Freshman team. They owe it to the college, to their class, and as a mere question of intelligent policy, of self interest if they will, they own it to themselves...