Word: quitter
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George Owen has given adequate reasons as to why college students play the game if they do not enjoy it, and these need not be repeated. He points out that the undergraduate has "a feeling of duty" to his college; does not want to be a "quitter"; that if he has football ability, he is practically commandeered; the fascination of the eclat and glory of being on a college team; the excitement of being in the public eye; and the tremendous publicity and public interest in the game which induces excitement. In the Boston Herald of Saturday morning. November...
...injured men, and for the first time after a game, the line-up remained unchanged. Coach Jones retaining on the first team the same eleven players who first faced the Army. These were: Bingham and Luman, ends; Joss and Butterworth, tackles; Wortham and Sturhahn, guards; Captain Lovejoy, center; Bunnell, quitter; Pond, Cottle, and Allen, backs...
...namely, "to stick!" This brings only a yawn from the tired college man. For the student feels that his case is different. He is young in years and, because he is young knows everything. If he disregards this advice, realization must come sooner or later that he is a quitter. He entered college for the fundamental purpose of getting a degree. If he leaves now the fact that he lay down on the job will follow him through life. He will be forced to admit that he left college--not because he lacked brains but because he didn't, have...
...five-set tournament match may be a more grueling affair than the most desperate of gridiron battles, but with broken bones, cuts and bruises eliminated, there are usually no external evidences of the punishment. Unfortunately, however, it is also possible for a tennis, player to be an absolute quitter and yet be excused as merely "off his game" or "temperamentally unfortunate...
...person who sits in the cheering section and is content to let the man next to him do the cheering, is just as much a quitter as a football player who refuses to give all of his effort to the team. The cheering and singing at the Brown game was deplorable. Any one can cheer when Harvard succeeds in scoring, but spirit is cheering and urging the team to its best effort when the other side apparently has the advantage. Now, we are going to have a mass meeting on Wednesday and a parade to the field on Thursday...