Word: self-control
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...must be overcome; and when, in addition he grows weary from physical fatigue, he must force himself to do what but a few moments before required no especial effort. Football teaches a man, therefore, how to contend against opposition from himself. It teaches, or should teach him, self-denial and self-control...
Most of the men have tried hard, and, meeting so many discouragements, they deserve praise for it, victory or no victory. Some of the men have not taken their poor work to heart, and one of the men has shown on the field a childish lack of self-control. These things are not to be forgiven, but, on the other hand, they are not to blind students to the good effort made by the other...
...reason that college authorities are so little moved by the clamor against athletics is that they know from the results of their previous and continuing investigations that the good far overbalances the evil, and that no better example could be placed before the college of the value of sustained self-control...
...effect of this upon the athlete is very discouraging. He dares not over exert himself, and is in a continuous state of nervousness, which materially lessens the physical exertion, of which he would otherwise be capable, and it is well-known that courage and self-control are of the first importance to the success of the contestant...
...stringent national electoral law would be against the best interests of the country. It would violate the custom of our republican institutions. (a) by breaking down the principle of local self-control. (b) by tending toward too great centralization of popular government...