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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...admit that our football situation must be regulated by the extremes which the writer offers. The many advantages of intercollegiate athletics so far outweigh the minor objections which are made to them that we need hardly review the arguments which justify and call for their continuance. Suffice it to say that the interest which intercollegiate contests arouse will never accompany any intra-college sports, no matter how carefully their status is worked out, and, if anyone objects to them on the grounds of too much enthusiasm, he surely would not care to see the indifference which would result from...
...there is motion toward it. Many a leader has gone through life with no recognition of his ambitions and efforts, only after death to have his plans utilized and his greatness appreciated. And what is this goal toward which nations, no less than individuals, are striving? We cannot say definitely what it is; but we can say that it is neither an unending judgment, nor an unending psalm of praise...
...say--Hooray! Hooray! Hooray...
...Taking these four players, I should say they represent as evenly a balanced team as Harvard has had for a number of years. They are well matched, and the points they won for Harvard in the Intercollegiate were well earned...
...only fair to the Freshmen to say that the latter were represented by a second team at best. The Sophomores, however, played a strong game, and their offence was especially good. They followed the ball better and displayed more spirit than did the Freshmen. As many of the men on the latter team had never played on the first team before, they lacked team play and were continually penalized for being offside...