Word: splendid
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...William Lloyd Garrison and Wendell Phillips. When the war came he volunteered his life and sword for the cause he loved, serving with distinction as colonel of a negro regiment. In his political and private life he was an invigorating, beneficent and wholesome force, a fine example of splendid talent, guided by a noble devotion to the right...
...misfortune early in the game repeatedly plunge the team into impotence and the stands into gloom. The very opposite was evident Saturday. With the ball inside Harvard's 10-yard mark early in the first period, the team, instead of allowing discouragement to slacken its play, made a splendid brace and outplayed an almost perfect machine in practically every department of the game. Better yet, our cheering and singing was more determined than has ever been given to any Harvard team. We feel confident that the splendid support thus afforded went far toward giving the Harvard eleven a fighting spirit...
...forward pass. He did not pass the ball, however, and in a moment two Yale players were on him. But just as the Yale men tackled, Smith came running around from right end, took the ball from Potter's hand, and dashed around left end behind splendid interference. There was one Yale man to stop him, and he dove through the interference, missing Smith by a good margin. Then in attempting to turn in, Smith slipped, tripped over the prostrate Yale tackler and fell forward having covered about 15 yards. He had a bad fall but was not injured...
Howe has proved himself a splendid leader and organizer. The players not only have the greatest confidence in him, but also the greatest respect for him as a man. It is difficult to substitute a player for such a leader and in this lies one of the weaknesses of this team...
...only other substitute who is likely to get into the game is Freeman, the halfback who has splendid speed and fairly good defensive powers...