Word: quit
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Monday's Herald, among other remarks on the football situation, appeared the following: "Alley, a 215-pound guard who reported with the Harvard squad early in the season, has either quit of his own accord or else has been given the quiet tip to make himself scarce. He played with an Oklahoma college team two years ago, and was rated as a find. The coaches refuse to discuss the case, and several undergraduates are of the opinion that Alley was not given a fair show...
...this very temptation one of the best possible opportunities for the development of gentlemanly instincts? It is this temptation, together with the temptation to "quit" and to weaken in a crisis, which enables men to make modern football of educational value in their development instead of a mere sport. Men would not devote themselves for months to the arduous training and drudgery were there not a strong incentive; and they would not feel the sense of duty in maintaining the standards of the game if the incentive were not a good one. Many people complain that football absorbs more time...