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...than at other colleges, and we still believe that a Harvard player would not trip an opponent or would be universally condemned if he did; but we are by no means free from ill-mannered talk on the field or from ungenerous conduct among the undergraduate spectators. Rules, though powerless to change the spirit of the players, might close their mouths, to the spectators' relief. The conduct of the great body of undergraduates on the field can never be changed till their leaders see what that conduct really means. These leaders are gentlemen, and hence capable of seeing...
Seventy-four men have returned their applications for the Junior dance; three hundred are needed to make it a success; invitations have to be sent out and answers received before any definite arrangements can be made. This is the situation faced by the committee, which is powerless without the co-operation of the class. While February 18 may seem far off to those who have no further responsibility than to turn up in their evening clothes, it leaves little enough time to arrange all the detail of a big dance. The class will expect a memorable occasion when the time...
...showing of the University team was a great improvement over any of its former work, and Columbia was outplayed at every department of the game. After the first few minutes of play the team seemed to improve rapidly in effective team work until Columbia was almost powerless to check the attack. Individual playing of Pell and Newhall, and the team play of the offense were the features of the game...
...defense Harvard was unable to stop Pennsylvania's fast and varied attack, and when in possession of the ball was powerless to make consistent gains, except during the latter part of the second half, when in three successive series of rushes, the ball was three times advanced almost half the length of the field only to be lost when within striking distance of the goal line. These were the only chances Harvard had to score during the whole game, except on a futile attempt to kick a goal from placement from the 50-yard line just before time was called...
...hours of labor. Such questions are the most frequent subjects of controversy, but if there were no questions of wages or hours of labor, other issues would be found upon which class hostility would express itself. It is obvious that public officials and courts of law are powerless to deal with this difficulty. They may succeed in keeping the hostile forces within the bounds of law and order, but they cannot remove the hostility itself. With characteristic insight, President Eliot has directed attention to the root of the difficulty...