Word: strains
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...score can hardly be taken as a criterion for comparing her future strength with that of the other big teams. Although the individual brilliancy of her light speedy back-field managed to successfully over-whelm the southern team, the Princeton line was never subjected to a severe defensive strain, and consequently the problem as to whether the men in the line will be able to withstand the attack of one of the heavier teams or will be able to give the fast men back of the line an opportunity to get into action still remains unsolved...
...departure marks the beginning of the final phase of a season that has been long and strenuous. In the period of training to come the work will be the most severe of the entire season, for every member of the squad will be subjected to the physical and mental strain of preparation incident to a Yale race. We extend our best wishes to the crews who are leaving for the scene of final preparation and sincerely hope they will succeed in every respect in bringing the season to a fitting close...
Tomorrow, being Memorial Day, affords an opportunity for relaxation from the strain of the examinations, of which many instructors urge their pupils to avail themselves. As usual, exercises will be held in Memorial Hall. For those who remain in Cambridge over the holiday, here is an excellent opportunity to join in the proper observance of the day which honors our American heroes, of whom so many are Harvard...
...York newspaper recently published three pictures: Yale's Skull and Bones, the Princeton Ivy Club House, and the Harvard Union, under the general heading of influential college societies. To Harvard men the picture of the Union grouped by the side of the Bones house may have generated a strain of humor totally unintended by the energetic New York editor. But, truly, what picture should represent Harvard as its "most influential club?" The fact is there is no such thing here...
Again, many members of the Faculty believe that the present period of over two weeks should be shortened; but the general sentiment seems to be that while much time is wasted, no better results will be obtained by increasing the strain at the examination period. Professor Palmer maintains that any loss of time is offset by the benefit which good students receive from the opportunity to thoroughly review and co-ordinate their work...