Word: stand
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...defense. No amount of scrimmaging against a weak line will bring out a team's possibilities. From all accounts the Navy is a strong opponent for this stage of the season, with an aggressive line and quite a variety of backfield men, one or two of whom will stand comparison with the best backs of the big teams. They are without the services of last year's remarkable ends, and are in this respect considerably handicapped. In the game last year, Harvard won through a blocked kick, being unable to gain consistently by rushing. Both teams will be stronger today...
...next touched upon the folly of joining neither party because of unwillingness to accept all the doctrines offered by either, saying that a man should join the party with which he sympathizes on the whole, and should not stand to one side...
...other kind--it is a matter for every man in the University to take a hand in and see to it that those men are elected to whom they would most willingly trust the powers of the Council and by whose judgments and decisions they would willingly stand...
...better the singers as well as the listeners were satisfied. But this does not contradict the presumption that had a new song been written last year with the necessary vitality of rhythm adaptable to a large chorus it would have been taken up with an enthusiasm which the old stand-bys will soon fail to command. Half-hearted singing of unfamiliar songs is even worse than half-hearted cheering and infinitely more depressing. Last year it seemed as though the committee in charge of the competition were determined to gain something besides experience from their efforts, and accordingly chose five...
...following men have been appointed football ushers for the rest of the year. Men marked A stand at bottom of steps, men marked B at 1st entrance, and men marked C at the upper entrance. Men should be at their places at 3 sharp. The assistant head ushers will distribute the badges to the ushers at their places...