Word: maroon
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...little resemblance between the hard hitting, smooth running machine which tallied 37 points against the Medfordians and the collection of players which had been routed the week before. The bewildering assortment of trick plays which Tufts uncorked failed to baffle the Blue line as they nailed the Blue and Maroon runner behind the line time and again. Tufts won their first down only twice. And despite the absence of Callahan, Murphy and Braden, the Elis pushed the disheartened men from Medford before them with little difficulty. They relied chiefly on line plunges, attempting little aerial work. A feature...
...that these clubs tend to take a place of overshadowing importance in the student mind, and that in the nature of the situation many worthy men must fail of election to them. The problem is not merely a student problem. It is the expression of an inherent human tendency. Maroon a hundred persons on a Pacific island and in a fortnight they will split into two or three groups. The English universities have a college system, and the world in which a man will live is determined by himself by his choice of a college. Many American schools have...
...consciousness of the situation, deliberately choose the primrose path. The latter class is hopeless. If to the former, however, this danger signal shall be a prod and a stimulus, we shall be glad, for we feel that the curse of loafing is far from being on the decline. Clogate Maroon...
Yale was extremely lucky in defeating Colgate 7 to 3 in a game in which the Eli eleven was completely outplayed. Early in the game, West of Colgate put a goal from placement over the bar, and the Maroon team held this slight lead until the last quarter, when Legore caught a forward pass and crossed the goal line for the touchdown that won the game. This lone score came after the Colgate halfback, Hubbell, had been so hurried in his punting that he had been unable to kick the ball accurately, and it went outside on his 20-yard...
University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, November 10, 1913.--Our new institution, finding it difficult, in fact, impossible to get colors that are new, has selected the Harvard Crimson as the college color. Our football jerseys lately received from the makers are almost maroon. Would you think it too much trouble to send us a sample of the exact shade of the Harvard Crimson, and also inform us whether the football uniforms are this same shade or darker for playing purposes...