Word: skilled
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...announcement that Mr. Forbes will again act as head football coach will give great satisfaction. The University has full confidence in his ability to improve the football situation, and in his skill in developing a strong team. No man could be better fitted to make the most of the wise features of last year's policy, and at the same time to correct its errors. Mr. Forbes was a good coach then; he will be a better one next fall; and the team and the University are to be congratulated for having obtained his services...
There are many faults to be found in the debating situation at Harvard just at present, and not least among these is the method which has been followed in the competitions for the last few intercollegiate debates. Under the present system there is absolutely no way of judging what skill any competitor has in rebuttal, since each man makes but one five minute speech in which there is usually no pretence at replication of any kind. The only attempt that has ever been made in any competion to test the candidates on rebuttal was three years ago, when a scheme...
...much as ten that then the men be divided into two groups to compete on different evenings. From these men the ten or fifteen best speakers should be chosen. These men might be asked to enter a second competition where they would be expected to show their skill in rebuttal. At this trial the number of candidates might be reduced to six. The men thus chosen might then take sides-three on a side-work up the question and enter a final competition which should take the form of a regular debate with main and rebuttal speeches by each competitor...
...objectionable features of the game have been done away with, however, for the present rules, as amended by Dr. Sargent, do not allow the ball to be wrenched away from a player. At the same time the demand for skill in the game has been increased...
...Index is the work of T. Frank Brownell '65, who is one of the Board of Managers of the Harvard Club of New York. Mr. Brownell is a man well in touch with all college movements, and he has shown great skill and accuracy in his rather laborious task...