Word: teaches
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...they could do more in that one day than barely to get some system into their play. Harvard, on the other hand, has had the whole of this week to practise together. Many of the 'varsity men have come out regularly and lined up opposite the freshmen to teach them points in breaking through and blocking off; to give them, in other words, the best possible practice so that their individual work may be as good as possible. The tackles, especially, have been taken in hand, and coached on breaking up interference and getting out of pockets. The guards...
...there are people who say that there is no need to teach reading; others that it cannot be taught, and others yet that it ought not to be. The last of these objections is urged by those who have seen unsatisfactory results; but this is simply because the instruction is not carried far enough It is nonsense to say it can't be taught, because a reader is both born and made, both elements are almost invariably essential. And as to the first objection, surely nothing is more grievous than to see a tolerable reader who is not helped further...
...idea was that the world and worldly things were evil; that the flesh must be crucified to save the soul; that the things of this life must be forgo ten in contemplation of things eternal. It is true the Bible seems to teach such ideas in certain places but we must consider the times of the writers, the local coloring given to divine inspection. But we have grown out of these old ideas. We realize that man can be as truly religious in the counting room as in the prayer-meeting, that he is as much in God's service...
...improvement in the offensive play can only be followed up by a corresponding improvement in the defense, especially by clean, hard tackling such as Hallowell's yesterday, our prospects for the Yale game will be indeed bright. And this defensive play the coachers may surely be relied upon to teach the team, for the same men turned out teams last year and the year before which excelled in that very point...
...languages, history, mathematics, electricity and music; but there is still a call from the men for instruction in book - keeping, mechanical drawing, penmanship, elementary Latin, free hand drawing, and chemistry. The Union has to look to the men in college for instructors, and any student who would like to teach any of the above subjects is asked to send his name to the educational committee. Indeed if a man cares to take a class in any subject besides those mentioned, the committee would be very glad to hear from him. The classes meet in the evening and generally last...