Word: supporting
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...apologize publicly for a sure defeat, on the grounds of an inferior coaching system, is assuming an unsportsmanlike attitude unworthy of any Harvard graduate, however little he may represent graduate opinion. A more inopportune attack could not have been made by the outside press. Undergraduates are ready to support their team in the face of an unfavorable outlook, and it hardly behooves a graduate paper to attempt to dampen their ardor by throwing cold water at the last moment. Ordinarily we should not call attention to such an article, but since this has come before the outside public, it devolves...
...English shell are only 16 1-4 inches out-board, as compared with 20 inches on last year's boat. The use of thole-pins instead of swivel-rowlocks is supposed to give a firmer catch at the beginning of the stroke, afford the men a support to press against on the swing forward, and provide a means of telling when the members of the crew shoot their hands away in unison. The bottom of the boat is broader and flatter than the ordinary American shell...
...justice to the coaching staff I feel that a word from me would not be out of place. Especially at this time--the most critical point in the season--it is essential that this department be given the enthusiastic and undivided support it merits...
...that brilliant set of offensive plays, which, in the closing moments of the game, transformed a defeat into a clean-cut victory, should in themselves be sufficient to establish confidence in the minds of the most exacting critics. It is up to the Harvard men to rally to the support of Coach Crane for these remaining three weeks and accord him that necessary element in all campaigns--enthusiasm--the kind that always wins victories...
...seems especially desirable inasmuch as one of the hardest games of the season takes place next Saturday. Everyone recognizes that organized cheering and singing is a tremendous asset toward success in any game, and certainly in the games still to be played the team has need of the strong support of the undergraduate body. The enthusiasm displayed so far is most commendable, and frequent mass meetings must bring it to a higher point even than it has reached in previous years...