Word: succumbed
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...which has caused so much discussion. Yale suggested the plan, and she stated her case so well that Princeton and Wesleyan were soon in line. The University of Pennsylvania men opposed the scheme vehemently, but they were outnumbered three to one, and against such odds they were forced to succumb, and the rule was passed. It is as follows...
...they have been formerly. Yesterday, besides the referee's tug, there was only a freshman tug which got in the way before the start and delayed the crews in getting off. Perhaps it was the exposure to the cold which this occasioned that made several of the oarsmen succumb under the strain of the race. Stroke and seven of the seniors fainted at the finish, which is a little less than a mile and seven-eighths from the start. Bow of the sophomores was exhausted at the bridge, and stroke of the juniors became unconscious at that point...
...hard to accuse them of breaking training. When asked why they are looking badly, or why they are slow and unsteady in their movements, they "don't know, but suppose they are being worked too hard." Of course they are! When individuals on the team succumb under those circumstances, there arises a fear of "overtraining," and that fear of hard work has defeated Harvard more than once. It is a well-known fact that the Yale teams do a greater quantity of work than Harvard's; as a result their "team work" is superior...