Word: momentum
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...season of 1896 brought with it a return to parliamentary football peace. A Rules Committee had been formed, whose authority was acceptable to the colleges of the country, and this body soon legislated out of existence the momentum mass plays...
...athletic ship has been launched under such auspicious circumstances, it cannot hope to pursue an entirely satisfactory journey unless it has a strong captain at the helm. For a successful season a firm guiding policy is a requisite. Of course sports will go on indefinitely under their own momentum, but unless the attitude of the athletic authorities is definitely know both players and managers will be under a big handicap. The managers will not know how far to plan, and the players will feel the lack of strong support...
...often happens that when suddenly called upon we rise to situations seemingly beyond our capabilities. In attempting big things there is a certain momentum coincident with the attempt which makes us get there. Today the R. O. T. C. is to be reviewed by the University Military Committee, after a period of training less than two months. On this committee are some of the country's keenelt military critics, men who will be the first to pick flaws in such a body as the R. O. T. C. We feel sure that they will realize the newness of the Corps...
...connection with the war; namely that the curriculum should be maintained unimpaired, and the departments of instruction should not be allowed to be weakened during this war which is bringing financial stress to the college. It is believed that through this policy, Dartmouth will be able to maintain its momentum and preserve its organization, for the purpose of giving opportunities of maximum usefulness during the war to the great number of men not yet of military age, or ineligible for other reasons...
...year, the third equals the first year's average, and the senior class average is the highest. That the second year should have a showing lower than the first is not unexpected in a school of this character, for a number of reasons. One of these is that the momentum of the preparatory school which has carried the students pretty well through the freshman year is lost, and the students have come upon a new type of work. They have selected their professional courses, and this is done often without a real knowledge of what the selection means. The course...