Word: team
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...whom the conception of a Harvard Union is due is beyond my knowledge, but we owe the fostering of the idea to many men, and we owe the grounds to the Corporation. As you see, it is the result of Harvard team work, of mutual reliance, the future abiding place of comradeship, and therefore let it never, and in no place, bear any name except that of John Harvard. We will open the doors of our house and will write over them: "The Harvard Union Welcomes to its Home All Harvard...
...letter to "The Pennsylvanian," Mr. J. William White, commenting on the Pennsylvania team, explains the present situation there as follows...
...prevalent view that the team this year has not been in condition to play football is correct, and, for the present, it is useless to look further for an explanation of its lack of success. A system of play intended for a team of eleven men cannot be tested unless there are eleven men able to play it. The team has not had the same make-up in any two games of the season. The men were in better physical condition in the Harvard game than at any previous time this season, but owing to long absences from practice, caused...
...better football players for a preliminary period of training and practice. The minor faults may be summed up as follows: 1. Failure to provide for the individual conditioning of the men before they reported for practice. 2. Allowing one coach to have all the work of developing the team in a short time. 3. Coincident limitation of preliminary work and arrangement of a too severe schedule. 4. The uncertainty regarding the interpretation of faculty rules on eligibility...
...From a wealth of raw material a fairly active and very willing team has been developed by the energy and persistence of Mr. Rodgers and Captain McBride. The early progress was slow and tedious. Then followed a period of decided encouragement culminating in the victory over Wisconsin. Whether this success had a deteriorating effect or not, the team did not advance during the next week and upon meeting Columbia suffered a defeat that seemed for the moment paralyzing to its progress. Then the University itself came to the front and showed the team that there was confidence in their ability...