Word: modernes
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...authors of the Article on "Modern Football: Is the Game Worth the Candle?" which appears in the current issue of the Harvard Illustrated Magazine have found--unfortunately too late--that their statement regarding "Scouting Dartmouth's signals" was based upon unreliable and false information, although its trustworthiness seemed obvious enough at the time of writing. The editors of the Illustrated regret exceedingly that they carelessly accepted the point as stated, based upon the authority given; and wish to disclaim any intention of "charging" Coach Haughton or the Harvard football team with the implication of unfairly dealing with the rules...
...only that they were "unacquainted with the facts, but apparently with the spirit that governs our athletics." The Illustrated believe that they had reasonable grounds for assuming that scouting signals on the field (if such had been the fact) was as much a part of the spirit of modern football as scouting plays throughout the season. Is it not after all an open question whether the spirit that makes a practice of openly sending Harvard coaches to attend Dartmouth's games with other colleges in order to chart her plays and methods of attack (a thing which is regarded...
...ability to solve a problem whose factors are live, headstrong, rampant human beings is probably as much needed today as any other kind of ability. Mr. Gardner's article on Quarterback play, Mr. Hann's on an All America Football Team, and that of F. H. G. on Modern Football, are particularly interesting for their analysis of some of the problems of football generalship. It remains to be seen whether the power developed by this kind of analysis will be as effectual in industry and politics as that developed by the recognized lines of academic study...
...basis of this natural wealth, industry has been growing up with amazing rapidity. Building operations and railways are pushed; banks, schools, colleges, and new cities spring up. Edmonton operates all its public utilities at a profit; it has successfully established the single tax; it is planned along the most modern lines...
...Modern Language Conference. "The Relation of Art to Literature in the Italian Renaissance," by Professor C. R. Post '04, in the Common Room, Conant Hall...