Word: task
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...real work will now begin at once, and it is hardly necessary to remind the speakers of the weight of their responsibility. To them is entrusted the task of restoring Harvard's debating supremacy, and if they succeed in doing so they will have done a service which can hardly be overestimated...
...wish to question Mr. Whitney's sincerity, or the value of his efforts to purify athletics. He is working for a good cause and deserves far more support from the college public than he has received. But the task he has undertaken is tremendous, and we take the liberty to doubt the ability of any one man to keep a personal watch over the whold field of athletics. In fact it is apparent that in this case, as in many others, Mr. Whitney has been forced to depend upon secondhand, or at the best, outside, irresponsible information...
...task of attending to these matters has been, however, a thankless one in the past,- one rewarded by much more criticism than gratitude from all parties, and we wish, therefore, to thank the Professor Beale on his retirement from the chairmanship, for his untiring service, and to assure him that his sacrifice of time and energy is thoroughly appreciated by all who are familiar with the work of the committee. His successor...
...their work: if a class is half-hearted and careless at first, as was the case with last year's freshmen, it will have that reputation to work against for the rest of the season; while if it goes to work with plenty of life at the outset the task is made easier both for the coaches and for the members of the squad. With practically the whole football strength of Nineteen Hundred and One in the class squad there is a double incentive for the men to do well: the hope of being transferred to the 'Varsity squad...
...John Harvard statue deserve the sincerest congratulations for the success of their proceedings thus far, for although there have been some who were opposed to the appointment of the committee, as is always the case with new institutions of this kind, its members have unselfishly undertaken an unpleasant task, and have worked hard to accomplish it all because it was thought to be for the good of the University...