Word: men
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Wheeler '96, president of the Graduate Club, was the last speaker. Ten years ago, he said, the men from outside colleges who were studying in the Graduate School, formed the "Harvard Intercollegiate Club." Soon afterward, the name was changed to "Graduate Club." Its present aim to cultivate social as well as intellectual qualities, should be sufficient inducement, he thought, for all new-comers to join the Club...
Attention was then called by President Eliot to the state of affairs which is beginning to exist in this country. As has long been the case in other countries, the number of men developed by our professional schools has been greater than the demand for teachers in the colleges. Men should not despise, therefore, positions in secondary schools. The good that would thus result to the community from having men of the highest intelligence, or the finest professional training take charge of elementary education is beyond estimation...
...agreeable surprise are the long looked for "College Kodaks," which it is hoped the editors will continue. The best of a very successful issue is the second editorial, in which the writer throws aside cold, editorial parlance and speaks from the heart, counsel such as all first year men and others, too, ought to remember...
...their running, started with the ball, not after it, and in bucking the line kept low. The linemen also made a stride forward by getting the start on their opponents and charging them back into their own territory. The result was the more gratifying, in the sense that the men thus responded to the efforts of the coaches to show the importance of the principle. Owing partly to the fact that the line, frequently changed in its makeup, played against a very strong line on the second eleven, little scoring was done. But even more explanatory of failure to score...
...features were introduced in the preliminary practice. Coach Lewis so arranged the tackling of the dummy for the line-men as to give them experience in the direct tackling which they will get in games. To this was added some tackling from behind, which proved very advantageous, especially to the new men. Dibblee devoted a large part of his time to showing the backs how to handle themselves in interference. As was proved by the Bowdoin game, the backs are still apt to be careless about taking their proper positions, and about starting simultaneously with the ball. N. W. Cabot...