Word: retarding
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...that with the rising excellence of "small college" football and with the reappearance of merely average material for Crimson teams, it will in future be advisable to confine all the preliminary and the first of the mid-season dates to contests which will build up the team and not retard it. Special preparations for "minor" games, made necessary by the fact that the "minor" teams have been working simply with the Harvard game in view, undoubtedly serve as stumbling blocks in the path of the eleven's progress, and another year will probably see a more natural arrangement...
...spits of the spells of bad weather and incidental accidents which inevitably retard the schedule of construction of a large building, the progress on the Widener Library has been very satisfactory to those in charge. The delays have, by this time, been made up for and it is hoped that the roof will be completed on the northern half of the building before the seriously cold weather sets in. On the southern half, because of the bookstacks which occupy practically this entire portion, it is doubtful whether progress can be made as rapidly...
...University association football team will play its first game in the intercollegiate series this afternoon, meeting Yale on Soldiers Field at 4 o'clock. Although the poor condition of the ground will retard the play to a great extent, an interesting and hard-fought game is expected...
...hearty support of the College. Tonight is one of the very best chances to examine how much the undergraduates care for the game. We believe that it is a sport to be encouraged, that the comparatively few chances to see University hockey games in the past have tended to retard its growth; but that an enthusiastic attendance at tonight's game will not only greatly encourage the team at a decisive moment but will be a great factor toward the successful maintenance of an excellent winter sport...