Word: self
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Many students were only dimly conscious that there was to be any debate with Yale, and the great majority didn't care if there was. "Of course we will win" was the one cry. We approached the great contest, which meant so much to Harvard, with the most ridiculous self-complacency, and were beaten at every point. It was a reflection of the overconfidence that lost us the Princeton football game last fall...
Professor Baker spoke next, reminding the debaters that the meeting was not merely prompted by good comradeship, but was an earnest recognition of the enormous amount of hard and self-sacrificing work done by the debaters. He assured the team of his confidence in them as debaters, and as men fully representative of Harvard's system of teaching debate...
...able to play on any of the regular athletic teams. It furnishes a boat house and a very complete equipment of light, easy rowing boats and canoes. The house and its outfit was presented to the University by Mr. Weld with the belief that it would soon become, self-supporting. The gift cost Mr. Weld twenty thousand dollars, but he felt that it was worth it, as it would be a great addition to the athletic facilities of the University, and would give students a new and excellent form of exercise during the spring and fall months. The club...
...support that this club is now receiving and has received in former years must be a great disappointment to Mr. Weld and to those who are interested in the club. From the first the club has never been entirely self-supporting, and at the end of each year Mr. Weld has himself paid whatever deficit there was. It is true that the annual fee is low, but it would be plenty if more men joined, and it has purposely been put low so as to be within the reach of the majority of the students. There is no boat club...
...complete cast follows: Bishop Christian, E. V. Frothingham '96. A prelate with a self-adjusting conscience. Princess Mirabelle, E. G. Knoblauch...