Word: steps
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...freshmen class, by taking the initiative in collecting temporary instead of permanent captains for its class teams, has made a step in the right direction. This action on the part of '92 will not only serve as a precedent for future freshmen classes, but the benefits which are bound to follow the new mode of conducting freshman athletics will soon make themselves felt on all university teams. In previous years the selection of a good man for the captaincy of the nine or crew was merely a question of chance, and while oftentimes the choice proved a fortunate one, still...
...number of Harvard men, anxious to arouse a greater interest in foot ball among the preparatory schools in Boston and its vicinity and thus secure better candidates for the college team, have taken an important step toward this end. A committee consisting of J. H. Sears (chairman), A. P. Butler, F. C. Woodman, C. A. Porter, F. S. Fiske, and R. S. Hale (secretary) have donated a cup, to be called the Boston School football Challenge Cup. The conditions governing the cup provide that schools within fifteen miles of Boston, and such others as the committee may admit...
...probable formation of an interscholastic foot-ball league among several of the leading schools of Boston, is certainly a step in the right direction. One great disadvantage in the past to all city schools has been the fact that the students had not such opportunities for out-door sports and recreations as the members of the large boarding schools and academies. It is, of course, in the nature of things that this comparative disadvantage will always exist, but it can be greatly lessened if a stronger interest in foot-ball and base-ball games springs up among the city schools...
...nine and crew, and make them only the distinguishing feature of any Harvard athletic organization. This is but the result of a gradual and very rational development, and should be welcomed by every Harvard man as a just extension of his own privileges. The next and final step is the adoption of the Harvard colors by every Harvard man; and none who are desirous to use this privilege should refrain on purely sentimental grounds, from wearing the black and red blazer. With due respect for our crew and nine, a monogram is all that either organization should claim...
Again our nine has won a victory over Princeton, and that, too, on her own grounds. The chances for our winning the game on Saturday are fair indeed, and we congratulate the nine on this last step towards the championship. If we succeed in winning the game on Saturday and two games from Yale, the pennant is ours. At present it looks as if nothing but very hard luck could snatch the final victory from us, but still it is not time to be overconfident. Our old caution may sound too trite to be published again, but it is better...