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...Facing stiffer opposition, Brown meets Colby in the second game to be played in the Andrews Field Stadium. Last year the Bruins ran up 45 points against the visitors, but this year Colby is said to be the leading team in Maine...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ONLY TWO OF HARVARD'S EIGHT RIVALS OF 1925 SEASON FACE DIFFICULTY TODAY | 10/3/1925 | See Source »

...however, it is the student who is important, college executives must flood some way to free themselves from the thralldom to their faculties, by insisting that new appointments, and promotions as well shall depend primarily upon ability to impart knowledge and interest to young people. This and not stiffer entrance requirements, is the way to increase the number of graduates who will throughout their lives do credit to their Alma Mater...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: For Professors Who Teach | 9/25/1925 | See Source »

Although Princeton scored more points in the second half than in the first the Tigers did not have such a large average gain in rushes, which seems to point out that the University was putting up a stiffer defense. However, in this regard the figures cannot be taken literally. They only show that Princeton had less difficulty in scoring this half and did not have to march up and down the field several times before realizing their desires as in the first half. Princeton rushed the ball 37 times for gains of 123 yards and leases of 21, making first...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CHART SHOWS HARVARD WAS OUTRUSHED, OUTPASSED, OUTPLAYED BY TIGER TEAM | 11/10/1924 | See Source »

...season with Amherst next Saturday. With that end in view, he plans two hard scrimmages this week, one this afternoon and one Saturday. Six of the Amherst eleven are letter men, and the University also has six veterans from last year's team. The Crimson team expects stiffer opposition than is generally encountered in an opening game...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SOCCER TEAM PREPARES FOR AMHERST INVASION | 10/2/1924 | See Source »

...prices are a huge incentive in the attempt to overcome these difficulties of producing cotton abroad. Unless the American planter can overcome the ravages of the boll weevil, increase production and thus lower prices to something nearer a normal level, he will in a few years begin to encounter stiffer foreign competition than ever before in cotton production...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Cotton | 7/28/1924 | See Source »

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