Word: nevertheless
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...undisputed empery, Harvard is in a less proud but trebly adventurous age of barbarian invasion. It is hard for a team that has known four defeats within more than twice that number of years to fall before a supposedly unimportant antagonist. Defeat after victory is always hard. Nevertheless it is inevitable. It is humiliating for great empires when little Vandal tribes tear down their ancient temples. But Caesars perish and the relentless foe creeps...
...writer of the following communication protests against the inconsistency of declaring that Harvard promotes international tolerance when many of her graduates have given their lives for the cause of the Allies. The idea of holding a service to commemorate the deeds of these men is nevertheless compatible with the University's spirit of non-partisanship...
...will be seen the scores do not in any way reflect Princeton's greater ability to gain ground through carrying the ball, nevertheless facts to be adduced from these comparative figures are significant. Chiefly they bring John Rush, the coach, into relief. In one season this man, who came from a secondary school in the Middle West, who had not seen big Eastern teams in action in many years, gave to the Tigers something they had lacked since 1899, a dependable ground-gaining system. It would be blinking the situation to assume that Princeton, win or lose, will have...
...cleared until almost the first of April. The only opportunity that the men had, therefore, for water work was the mediocre advantages which the tank offered, and so before the race with Cornell they had had very little chance for real work-outs under the real conditions. Nevertheless, when they lined-up at the start of their first contest, they were very well prepared for the time which they had had and were well on the way to the attainment of the unity which they showed after their training at Red Top had got well under way. In the most...
...Middendorf '16; 5, J. Talcott '16; 4, Captain D. P. Morgan, Jr., '16; 3, H. B. Cabot '17; 2, J. C. White, 2d, '17; bow, A. Potter '17; coxswain, H. L. F. Kreger '16. In this race the University was victorious by a length and a half. Nevertheless it showed some weaknesses and though no changes were made, the coaches took the University on long rows by itself and put it into short scraps with the other boats in order to correct the trouble. Taylor came back but was put into the second crew where he remained until the next...