Word: skill
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...however he was struck so hard by the opposing ends that he was compelled to leave the field in favor of Mills. The latter bucked the line hard and did fair work in the interference. Behind the line Dibblee was always sure of long gains and dodged with such skill that he gained repeatedly after he had been virtually downed. At centre Doucette played hard and fast and repulsed centre attacks inevitably with a loss of ground...
...coaches are taking every possible precaution not to make the one great mistake of last year in working the men too hard at first and thus rendering them liable to injuries. If this policy of making the physical condition of the team of equal importance with its football skill is only carried out through the whole season we may be spared this year the mournful spectacle of a Harvard eleven's being beaten by the greater endurance of a team which is no more than its equal in knowledge of the game...
...view of these circumstances it seems as though the game ought to be more generally recogized, and at least ought to have some regular place for practice next year. It is the kind of sport which President Eliot strongly advocated in his recent talk on athletics, requiring skill before strength and not calling for such hard or extensive training as to necessitate neglect of college work or other interests...
...pieces and two solos were sung by G. R. Osborne 1900. A. F. Riggs '98 and M. de Diaz '98 gave a very interesting exhibition of fencing, which was enthusiastically applauded. A clever monologue in French by H. W. Cram '97 gave the reciter a chance to shoo his skill in acting. R. de K. Gilder '99 followed with a French song which was very successfully sung to the accompaniment of a guitar. Several comic selections by J. C. McCall '99 were very well received and a short monologue by E. L. Dudley 1900 in imitation of Coquelin was also...
...issue becomes more interesting, however, with H. W. Miller's "Touch and Go." The author again displays his skill in dialogue. He starts out brilliantly, but ends up in a slough of stage directions...