Word: moment
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...advances, and each man is anxious to help the governing body of his college in the effort to raise the standard. Harvard graduates do not show the same zeal. They appear to be in a sort of lethargic condition, unable to express themselves except on some occasion of unusual moment. They seem to imagine that all personal duty toward the University ceased with the hour in which they got their degrees, and that they are no longer called upon to give opinions on matters of college policy-they even allow politics to influence their choice of University officers...
...choir sand the following anthems: Blessed is He-Tours; It is of the Lord's Mercies-Thorne; For His Wrath Endures but for a Moment-Smart...
...declare ourselves beaten from the start; nor does it mean that we should smile blandly because we feel sure of a victory before the teams have met. It means that we should go to work and stay at work and not leave a stone unturned up to the moment of the contest. Theories are at best merely in the air; it is hard work which is the whole matter. Graduates have said this and undergraduates have felt it, but until lately the inertness of men has made it impossible for a coach to accomplish what he desired, and Harvard...
...Yale; or it had to be enforced this year in every case. The committee chose to enforce it, thus cutting off all possibility of Harvard's winning a second Mott Haven cup, and leaving track athletics with no intercollegiate games to look fosward to. This seems an extremely unfortunate moment for such a step. If any advances have been made by Yale toward a dual league, the committee should have waited until they were completed before taking such decisive action. If none have been made it was ill-advised to cut Harvard off from all intercollegiate track contests...
...associations was held to consider the ways and means of building the new house. The foot ball management offered to give the larger part of their surplus for the present year, a sum of about $6 500. Work will be begun on the new bundling at the earliest possible moment, in order that it may be ready for the foot ball team next fall. The ground floor will be divided into a kitchen, dining hall, billiard room, and club room. On the second floor will be sleeping rooms for the alumni who come to coach the different teams...