Word: shows
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...child we see the beginnings of many forms of wickedness; he has faults which would be inexcusable in older people, but they are naughtiness rather than wickedness. In the man, however, these faults show meanness and smallness. There is not a single sin which is not mean. Avarice shows a mean spirit in the relations between a miserly landlord and his tenants; the drunkard is mean in the neglect of his family. In short, committing sin shows the choice of what is petty, mean, and small in place of what is generous and grand...
...light backs is much appreciated. No three men of their weight could have done more to win the game than they did in spite of discouraging weakness in the interference. If this can be remedied, if the strength of their running can be given a fair chance to show itself, a very different outcome of the big games may confidently be expected. Harvard has yet to play the Universities of Pennsylvania and Michigan. It is not too much to hope that the experience of the game with Princeton will prepare the way for victory over these later opponents...
...enthusiasm which has before marked the game at Springfield must this year be vented in the Princeton game. Today's contest, the first since 1889, will be, as we sincerely hope, the beginning of a long series of games with an old and as her repeated victories show a formidable rival. Of the six games played between 1883 and 1889, Princeton won five. Since the League was ended, however, a settled system of training and coaching has been adopted under which the condition and the team play of the Harvard eleven has improved rapidly from year to year...
PUSH BALL.- Practice today if pleasant, at 3.30, on Soldiers Field. All candidates for the freshman team must show up on time...
...players who represent them the support implied by a large attendance at the game. Ninety-seven will not be beaten without a hard struggle this afternoon, and which ever side wins, the game is sure to be an exciting one. What class enthusiasm Ninety-six has, should show itself today...