Word: thinks
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...What the team is at the end of the season is the result of other factors in the equation. Few well-informed judges of football will deny that if Harvard and Yale swapped squads on September 25, the final result would remain unchanged. Taking these facts into consideration, I think we are setting it high enough when we say that the individual ability of the eleven untaught players is fairly represented as influencing twenty per cent. of the result...
...done more harm than good, for it is apt to influence the players and put a listless spirit in them. For the supporters of a team are just as much a part of team as are the players themselves. Second, a criticising spirit. Quite often men in the stands think they could coach a team just as well as the coaches, and feel that they see mistakes which the coaches do not. This spirit must cease. Instead of criticising, the undergraduates must put confidence in the team and help the coaches...
...Graduate from his Window tries to make out a difference between the loyalty to their colleges of English and American graduates. The difference is not so great as appears, I think. Loyalty is shown in different ways. The generosity of Americans is a trait distinctly national; the people of the old world expect the state to do what individuals attempt on this side...
...Little '10 urged that men should "think seriously, but compete laughing." They should work hard, but take joy in competition. Captain Jaques of the cross-country them then spoke on the work. In this numbers is one of the essentials. Another is spirit. These produce the winning team. Coach Shrubb stated that the prospects for this year are good. This sport is one of the hardest of games, however, and work must be done with a vim to make it a success. Style is very important in order that a man should be able to run miles without tiring himself...
Robert Archey Woods, a man who labors to raise his fellow men; trusted alike by those who toil and those who think; a knight of Christ's chivalry without fear and without reproach...