Word: pluckings
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...game with Pennsylvania the Freshmen have an opportunity to put a very creditable end to a season which has been so far not very successful. That the team will do its utmost to represent the class and the University creditably, its pluck and hard work of late gives assurance. And there is equally strong assurance that all will support and encourage them in their efforts...
...University's admiration for the good spirit it is showing in the face of a great many serious accidents to the members of the team, and appreciation of the earnest untiring work which both coaches and men are doing to gain success. It is this combination of pluck, energy and willingness to work that will bring success to the team...
After the poor showing made by the Freshman eleven in the first part of the season, the treachery of a few of its members, and the remarkable lack of interest in its work by the members of the class, the unexpected improvement and pluck shown by the team in the game with '99 yesterday is very gratifying. The large attendance of Freshmen at the game was also encouraging...
...civil war, we owe debts which can never be paid except in respect, admiration and loving remembrance. We owe them the demonstration that out of the hideous losses and horrors of war, as out of pestilences, famines, shipwrecks, conflagrations and the blastings of the tornado, noble souls can pluck glorious fruits of self-sacrifice and moral sublimity. And further, we owe them a great uplifting of our country in dignity, strength and security...
...would try to break the Harvard record, and, as he had a handicap of 50 yards, he continued beyond the finish to this point where special timers were stationed. Conneff was in poor form and gained only a few yards on Grant during true race. Grant ran with excellent pluck and judgment, and half a lap from the finish took the lead for a moment. Foote, however, with his long handicap, proved too strong and regained the lead. Grant was a close second, and continuing to the 50 yard mark, he completed the mile...