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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...stroke, and since then the order of the University crew has remained unchanged. A most encouraging and consistent improvement has followed the work of the crew all through the season, with the possible exception of one or two off days, and it is fair to say that the University crew today is better than last year's eight was at this time. The four veterans of the Yale race last June are rowing one behind the other in the waist of the boat. Although new to the starboard side, Captain Cutler has filled in well at 7, and should...
...years ago, I spoke here on the criticism that was being heaped on the Harvard team; but tonight I shall speak on the 'Harvard Spirit.' But before I take this up, let me say something about over-confidence...
...preserved in the Graduates' Magazine; but it is unfortunate that a number should be composed almost wholly of such things at a time when the rapid change of conditions has brought up a quantity of important questions which demand serious and extended discussion. Perhaps it is enough to say that most of the articles in the present number would not have been at all out of place in the Bulletin; and the Graduates' Magazine can certainly render its readers more important services than that. But we must be grateful to the Magazine for giving Harvard graduates so inspiring a study...
...Limp-ones are once again limping painfully after the crushing defeat administered by the pride of college journalism. The Ha-ha-we-made-a-joke liquor dealers were never in it; not one of them saw third base, but we are not able to say whether this was because of the effective way in which that haven was covered, or because the runners were laughing so mightily at their own witticisms that their upper lips obscured the view. Be that as it may, the Limpies in one huge effort to redeem their past disgraces, played ten men to the opposing...
...hardly an exaggeration to say that the life of football depends upon the success of the new rules next season in preventing injuries, and therefore the friends of the game should do all in their power to assist, by giving Coach Haughton every advantage which may tend to make the recent changes effective. If he is given ample opportunity to experiment now, it should give him a decided lead in developing a winning team for us in the fall...