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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...need of new songs is of course immediate, since they should be rehearsed at mass meetings at a very early date. Although the time required to prepare a song for the competition may mean considerable sacrifice for a few days, we urge upon musicians of the University a response to the duty as well as the opportunity offered by the appeal of the Song Committee...
...music are combined. Surely Harvard has no lack of capable composers or of men able to write appropriate lines, and if a competition is started early enough, and the real musicians of the University enter into it with the right spirit, we should not lack for songs which mean something...
Today the University baseball team will play the first game of the final series of the season--the series in which a victory means more to the team and to all Harvard graduates and undergraduates than any number of victories in preliminary games. We do not mean that a defeat today will detract from the credit which the team has earned in previous games; but it cannot be denied that the final series is the most important factor in determining whether the season shall be considered successful or not. We are confident that our team at its best...
...mean to urge upon 1910 the sort of cheering which is directed toward rattling the opposing team. Harvard athletics have been noteworthy for the absence of such tactics, and should remain so. It is certain, however, that hearty and spontaneous cheering, judiciously used, is often effective in inspiring the team with confidence necessary to tide over a crucial point...
...interest in the sport even proportionately as large. With the completion of the new Weld boathouse our material equipment will be enlarged and although commodious and faultless apparatus alone will not make Harvard the leader in college rowing, the enthusiasm for the sport is too apparent to mean anything but eventual success and leadership...