Word: parte
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Marked dissatisfaction on the part of the Harvard coaching staff not only with the showing of the rush line but also with that of the backfield was plainly indicated by the various lineup shifts in yesterday afternoon's without on Soldiers Field...
...long workout yesterday opened with a scrimmage between teams A and B. Play was ragged for the most part and no scoring was allowed. H. R. Hardwick '15, former Harvard and All-American end, then gave the squad a talk on tackling and blocking. The discontent of the coaches with this department of play was revealed by the fact that all men were next sent through a still 30-minute session tackling the dummies. Individual work with the various coaches was next on the program. The teams ran through signals until after darkness had settled to conclude the gruelling practice
...this week have taken on a decidedly religious aspect. In Widener room, the showing for the week is composed almost entirely of old bibles or prayer books, while the Treasure room is featuring a collection of the printings of Isiah Thomas, old publisher of Worcester, Massachusetts, in the latter part of the eighteenth century...
...folk play, but without the easy movement of plot which that expression might imply; local color, to be sure, is there, but woven with skill into the fabric of a tremendously swiftmoving drama; and, moreover, the folk atmosphere is not mere adornment, but has a vital part in the development of the plot. A red-coated orphanage band leading the inhabitants of Catfish Row on a picnic; a quack lawyer in a top hat, selling Porgy a divorce from Bess for a dollar and a half; the marvelous scenes of a score of bodies swaying in rhythm as they chant...
Coach Jackson Cannell with the assistance of three former members of the coaching staff, directed the team through various routine work. During the early part of the afternoon the team went through a blacking and tackling practice, as Coach Cannell is still a little dubious about the powers of his eleven in this line. In the meantime the Gray team, under the supervision of Swede Young storm, a former Dartmouth All-American, was concentrating on various Harvard forward and lateral pass plays...