Word: strains
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Following this P. N. Coburn 3L. and J. McMasters tied him fast to a chair with 60 feet of stout rope. Their work of nine minutes was undone by Mr. Houdini after an exhausting strain of 12 minutes...
...detriments; the physical harm, the loss of time, which should rather be given to studies, and the bad moral effect. On the other side of the scale the negative has shown that intercollegiate football creates a wholesome atmosphere, makes individual efficiency, and moulds character. Princeton has held up the strain and danger of injury, but we have punctured this theory by statistics and opinions of authorities. We have called to attention that the danger of football is a danger of bumps and bruises. Against the argument that football makes for foul play, we have held up virility. I know personally...
Captain Hurley, the first speaker, expressed his appreciation of the support given the team in the Maine game. At the beginning of the season, he said, men enter football work with the enthusiasm and energy bred of the summer vacation. But when the season progresses and the strain of daily and severe practice begins to tell on the men, real and genuine encouragement is needed. You men can give this personally to your friends on the team, and in a body from the cheering section at the games. Make the cheering inspiring and spontaneous, and the team will respond...
...eight minutes of play, after the ball had been carried 80 yards in short rushes without a fumble. Cunniff kicked off to Squires on the 23-yard line, who ran back eight yards. Foster gained five yards and Hurley circled left end for 10-yards. Because of a slight strain received in this play Captain Hurley was replaced by Wendell. The ball was then carried down the field with gains averaging between two and three yards until on the third down, with one yard to go, Wendell went over for the touchdown. White failed to kick the goal...
...improvements as possible, and to pay off the debt upon the stadium s soon as possible. But should they seriously inconvenience the students to satisfy this desire, when they can accomplish practically as much with a little less surplus without taxing the students severely? Why should the present classes strain to pay for these improvements and the Stadium, when the advantages of them should last generations? Is it not fairer to the present classes for the debts to be paid on more gradually, and for the improvements to be made under borrowed money, it necessary, which can be paid...