Word: stronger
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...play, he finds it hard to explain why Amherst did not keep on scoring and win the game. The only possible reason that such did not happen was owing to Harvard's better endurance and the individual work of a few men. Amherst's defensive work was stronger than Harvard's, their aggressive play was more effective, their tackling quicker and harder, and their team work infinitely better...
...standard in rowing during the past years, any such spirit as this should find a hold in the minds of college men, it certainly would be unworthy of them as Harvard under-graduates and disgraceful to them as men of courage. Defeat should only urge us on to stronger efforts; dark outlooks should be met by a ready response to any call which has in in it the purpose of overcoming existing obstacles...
...service which this will do, the stronger binding of past graduates to the college is an important one. Again it will help to keep more in sympathy graduates and under-graduates. It is nearly impossible for graduates of many years standing, especially when they reside in distant states or countries, to keep in accord with undergraduate opinion and action. We are often misunderstood by those outside the college, and not seldom by those who were once in our position. Therefore it seems to us that the magazine will help to remedy this difficulty which is not, after all, so inconsiderable...
...Harvard, and succeeded in pitching a very poor game for the first four innings. Four bases on balls, a couple of wild pitches, and six clean hits is a poor record for any game, even with professionals. On the other hand he struck out five of their stronger batters, and even Kelly himself. The rest of the team had their share in the poor playing, and made some inexcusable errors. When Highlands came in, in the fifth, Harvard took a brace, and played a much stronger game. The Bostons were unable to score again, and among the whole team could...
...life of Battelle at Harvard is well known to everyone in his class. Though never in robust health, he entered with a zest, which stronger men do not always exhibit, into the duties and pleasures of college life. He was selected at the middle of his freshman year from a number of candidates to be coxswain of the '90 'varsity crew. The ensuing fall he was coxswain of the '93 crew which won the fall barge races. The next spring he coxswained the '93 crew in the class races, and again in June was coxswain of the victorious 'varsity crew...