Word: taught
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Most of the men on the squad have been picked for their size and weight, in the hope that watermanship can be taught them. Under this principle, the present efficiency of the material matters comparatively little, but the great responsibility of developing it falls more than ever upon the coaches. Rowing experts in general seem to lean toward the opinion that this is the best system of making crews, and it has been adopted successfully at many other colleges. This method in its application here is in measure an experiment, and, in the present dearth of old material, seems...
...Cambridge Social Union a large number of Harvard students will conduct classes in the Educational Department this year. Besides academic subjects, manual training also will be taught. The courses for men will be in reading and writing, spelling and dictation, elementary French, German, advanced German, elementary arithmetic, algebra, geometry, vocal music, piano playing, shorthand, bookkeepping, and typewriting...
What has Harvard given to the men who go out from her walls each year? First, she has taught them to estimate the worth of their own natures and the scope of their powers. By the scholastic tests of examinations she trains men in clearer self knowledge, in concentrated and readily commanded intellectual faculties. By the intercourse with their fellows, also, men are taught within her bounds this same keener knowledge of self, and a catholic judgment of their own strengths and weaknesses. They learn these same lessons in their attempts to imitate the achievements and to follow the ideals...
Head coach Farley is taking charge of the spring football practice, the principal object of which is to determine what material there is among the new candidates. The men are being taught the rudiments of the game and will be instructed in the work they are expected to do during the summer...
...Heart." Reverend S. M. Crothers made a short address, and offered prayer--which was followed by the sentence, "I Heard a Voice from Heaven," a soprano solo by a member of the boy choir. Then the choir and congregation joined in the hymn, "How Happy He is Born and Taught." The benediction which followed was pronounced by Reverend Edward Hall...