Word: rougher
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Aside from the unnecessary strain upon energy which would result from a protracted parade, there is always the danger of attaching undesirable recruits. The rougher element are unable to draw fine distinctions between College demonstrations and others prompted by less praiseworthy motives. They will welcome the opportunity to commit acts of vandalism under the cover of a large crowd, and as usual Harvard will get the credit for their deeds. We may exaggerate this danger, but the possibility of unwelcome disturbances should be sufficient to check any misdirected demonstration...
...good citizen; and he needs physical courage no less than moral courage, the courage, that dares as well as the courage that endures, the courage that will fight valiantly alike against the foes of the soul and the foes of the body. Athletics are good, especially in their rougher forms, because they tend to develop such courage. They are good also because they encourage a true democratic spirit; for in the athletic field the man must be judged, not with reference to outside and accidental attributes, but to that combination of bodily vigor and moral quality which go to make...
...work of the University and Freshman four-oar crews was similar to that of the eights this afternoon, but in the morning they raced a mile. The University four won by three lengths, but the Freshmen were in the rougher water and carried Perry, the Freshman manager, as coxswain. E. C. Storrow, '89, watched the work from the "John Harvard...
...Columbia's frequent fouls. The Columbia team was strong on block plays under the basket, and won the game by three very long shots. At the end of the first half the score was 13 to 6 in favor of Columbia. During the second half the game was much rougher owing to the negligence of the referee...
...start all the crews got off well with the two second crews slightly in the lead. The second Newell had the outside position and the most tide, but this advantage was counter-balanced by rougher water. For the first quarter of a mile the four crews kept about even, all rowing 32 strokes a minute. At the half mile the second Newell was slightly in the lead and the second Weld had fallen back a little but all the crews were within a boat's length of one another. At the bridge the second Newell was a length...