Word: stress
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Under the vigorous coaching of Captain Reid, the whole squad has been well drilled in hard, fast play. The backing-up is, perhaps, the best feature of the work at present. In this, the effect of good coaching is especially apparent, great stress being laid upon the principle of having the fielders anticipate the play, and help each other out. The base running is rather poor, except in a few individual cases. Most of the men are inclined to be reckless, using no headwork, and lacking the quickness of decision necessary to good base-running. The batting is very weak...
...fundamental principles of the Department differ to some extent from those of most architectural schools in this country, with the possible exception of Columbia, in laying stress primarily on the importance of an accurate and thorough knowledge of the history of art as an essential foundation for work in design, and with this end the Department has the great advantage of being closely allied to the Department of Fine Arts in Harvard College. In addition to the courses offered by the College on the history of art those in the Department occupy three years. The practical training upon which...
While it is recognized that Architecture is essentially a Fine Art to be studied as such, thorough knowledge of construction is not forgotten, and great stress is laid on continued practice...
...article which appears this morning concerning an effort at Yale to popularize debating by laying stress upon the social side of meetings for debate is suggestive...
...like Mr. Warren in this morning's CRIMSON, have spoken up honestly, acknowledged our defeat, and sought the cause in our own defects. But I have also heard many who have tried in one way or another to excuse the result. There has been a tendency to lay great stress on the superior form of the Harvard speakers, on the better massing of their argument, and their more clever handling of evidence, and to ascribe their defeat to incomprehensible blindness on the part of the judges or even to some "trick" of the other side. Is not all this rather...