Word: secret
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Grande," now playing at the Hollis Theatre, he shows his thorough familiarity with soldier life. The plot, which is a complicated one, deals principally with the married life of Colonel and Mrs. Bannard. The latter being much younger than her husband and finding an army post existence weary, has secret relations with a certain Lieutenant Ellsworth, but she soon discovers her error and then attempts to readjust her position with her husband...
...Tufts naturally is pointing for the Harvard game and secret practice has been in progress all week. Heavy canvas screens hide the gridiron from view and a vigilance committee sees to it that no outsiders make their way into the field...
There are a few undebatable reasons which show that the custom of secret practise is merely logical. Nearly everyone has attempted, usually unsuccessfully, to take down lecture notes with two or three friends discussing an interesting episode within hearing distance. In a similar way the players on the football field cannot get the maximum amount of help from the coaches, nor can they carry out the suggestions of the coaches properly when their attention is being diverted by the presence of observers on the side-lines. One of the greatest features of the Haughton system is the ultimate polish which...
...With secret practice every day the policy of other colleges sending scouts to learn the individual personality and tricks of different players loses its principal value. If daily practice were open to everyone, colleges would be certain to send men to act as scouts, and an unhealthy side of the game would be fostered instead of discouraged...
...means much more than the observation of a few hundred men during the week. Lastly, any individual ought to be willing to sacrifice the pleasure of satisfying his curiosity when the success of the football team is at stake. Therefore, let the undergraduate body no longer veil the word "secret" with mysterious, undemocratic meanings...