Word: skill
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...evident for what kind of men we have a place. The ideal editor would be a man of good personal address, of quick observation and ready intelligence. He would be able to get facts precisely as they are and put them into readable shape with a no mean literary skill. He would, above all other things, be willing to work and even to work hard if the interests of the paper demanded...
Ninety-seven did not hold their opponents well, though there was some improvement in this respect in the last half. The entire eleven is light, particularly behind the line; and there is as yet no marked skill to counteract the evil effect of this lack of weight. The team play decidedly needs careful attention...
...only event of note in yesterday's football practice was the advent of both Newell and Corbett. Both played a while on the first eleven and seemed to have lost none of their former skill. The blocking seems still to be the main feature of the play. The system of interference is altogether better than in previous years. Gould was yesterday given a chance at quarterback on the first eleven and Foster played on the second...
...colleges this spring gives the victory to Harvard by a very close margin. Such estimates are, however, notoriously unreliable. We place our hopes rather on the confidence which we feel in the men individually and as a team. They have trained faithfully under the guidance of Mr. Lathrop, whose skill has always triumphed over adverse circumstances, and we believe that they will bring honor to themselves and the University. There is no need to urge up on the team the necessity of working for every possible point. The men realize the closeness of the contest and will enter their respective...
...tendency to inspire over confidence, a misfortune the evil consequences of which we may some day bitterly realize. Just why we have had so much success, is perfectly plain. In the first place there is Mr. Lathrop who has for years been adding to his knowledge and skill in training and is thus by constant accumulation of experience better fitted each year to take up his work and carry it through successfully. Then there is the general interest manifested in this form of athletics which brings out every year an increasing number of candidates. These two causes have combined...