Word: skilled
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...must bring it straight before the students that athletics are now in their own hands, that it rests with them to bring out the best results from the best material in the land, that a college devoted to extravagance cannot be a dwelling house of strength and the, letic skill, and that hard work on the part of some and strong interest and support on the part of the rest will alone bring the success that is looked for as a necessity. The blessings of such a spirit in college life cannot pass unperceived, and the method to attain them...
...orchestra showed its great techinal skill and wonderful finish in the "Leonore, No. 3." overture. The violin passages in the conclusion were played with an exactness which can never be excelled. By far the most interesting suite the orchestra employed, is Moszkowski's suite in F, every one of the five movements bringing enthusiastic response from the audience. Each is very characteristic, and brings out some peculiar feature of the orchestra. In the first movement is a tuba solo, in the third, a flute solo, variation of a theme, also a variation with whole stringed orchestra pizzicatto and the last...
Great enthusiasm in tennis was manifested during the intercollegiate tournament, and some fine exhibitions of skill in this line were given...
...very lively zeal to participate in athletic sports which in a brief period wears itself out; after which the gymnasium is for the most part deserted. What is more likely to happen is the selection of a limited number of athletes, who are supposed to possess more than usual skill, and who are charged with representing the college in their match games with other institutions. Those not thus selected will relapse into the sluggishness of previous years, and thus the mass of the students will derive very little benefit from the efforts thus made for their physical improvement...
...could to aid and encourage the lacrosse team that for four years has brought the championship to Harvard. But everyone may feel assured that the game is interesting and that he will be doubly paid the slight admission fee by witnessing a game in which science and skill are developed as they are in lacrosse...