Word: maintaining
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...start the navy crew took a slight lead and both eights were rowing nearly forty strokes to the minute. When the quarter-mile was reached, the two shells were even again, but the University second crew was forced to use a slightly higher stroke to maintain their position. At the half-mile the navy crew began to draw ahead and it continued to increase the lead until one-half mile distant from the finish. The University second crew was unable to raise its stroke for the finish, whereas the Navy eight made a splendid spurt and crossed the line...
...trials for the interclass debate teams from the three upper classes which will be held tonight, should elicit the interest of all men in the University interested in maintaining Harvard's position in intercollegiate debating. The purpose of the series of interclass debates, which has been inaugurated by the Debating Council, is to establish a system whereby material for the University debate teams will be developed. Heretofore, much of this material has been found in the Law School, already developed by experience in other colleges, and sufficient men from the College to maintain strong teams in the intercollegiate contests have...
...render it of more vital interest to a larger number of students than have hitherto participated in any form of argumentation. This scheme of interclass debates, with cups for the members of the winning teams, deserves the heartiest support of all those who believe that debating should maintain a time-honored place among our beneficial "outside interests and activities...
...pushing or pulling" rule will rob the former weight work of its effectiveness. In any case the offense has been balanced, if not over-balanced. With four chances to gain 10 yards and with the privilege to throw the forward pass any distance (thus compelling the defending side to maintain a secondary defence well back of the line of scrimmage) it will require a strong set of forwards to hold even a mediocre back-field for downs. In other words, where the teams are equally matched, possession of the ball will be everything. Very few games, even those between teams...
...third place, the government which we want must, in order to maintain its claim to be called a government, act as public opinion dictates...