Word: stand
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...change the date of their annual debate with Harvard to coincide with the Princeton debate, the Debating Council has done its part toward giving the system of simultaneous debates a fair trial at Harvard. Our authorities have never consistently urged the adoption of this plan, leaving Princeton to stand alone as an advocate of the change. As a result we have had no actual demonstration of the value of the system, and can only judge it by its success in other triangular leagues. From Harvard's point of view this year is an excellent time to test the plan...
...colleges should agree to select two teams for debates on the same night at the most convenient time of the year. Since this arrangement cannot be made for this year, we hope that Yale will consent to the proposed modification, and give Harvard a basis for taking a definite stand on the question...
...participant in the great game from the stand-point of one coming from the southwest, I wish to give voice to my unreserved admiration for the thorough and scientific methods of coaching on Soldiers Field, the personal care and attention given to individual candidates. I have a firm belief in the system inaugurated by Head Coach Crane, aided by his well chosen staff of assistants. His work is characterized by that thoughtful zeal and clear-headedness which in the end must bring success...
...stubborn defensive stand on the one-yard line Saturday, followed by that brilliant set of offensive plays, which, in the closing moments of the game, transformed a defeat into a clean-cut victory, should in themselves be sufficient to establish confidence in the minds of the most exacting critics. It is up to the Harvard men to rally to the support of Coach Crane for these remaining three weeks and accord him that necessary element in all campaigns--enthusiasm--the kind that always wins victories...
...young man. "The Inevitable," by E. B. Sheldon, is a pleasing little sketch portraying in symbolic form the passing of childhood. The only fiction in this number is "The Man Who Won," by H. B. Child. The story has a good climax, but the characters do not stand out clearly...