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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Though no record of the date of John Harvard's birth has been found by historians, today has been accepted by the Memorial Society as the founder's probable birthday, and is without doubt approximately correct. It was the date on which celebration of the 300th anniversary was held...
...this extraordinary preparation two splendid and undefeated teams meet this afternoon, to demonstrate all they have learned in a season of gruelling practice and to put forth every ounce of energy and every bit of strategy in order to win. Harvard's team is fast and aggressive; Yale's, though somewhat slow, is powerful. Both teams are remarkable for their fighting qualities and play their best in the face of defeat. The game today is to be a tremendous struggle, and we have every confidence that the Harvard team will not only display brilliant football ability, but will play with...
...season with an abundance of good material. A line of great strength and power has been built up, and the backfield is somewhat better than the average. Harvard, on the other hand, has an unusually brilliant backfield, is very strong in the kicking game, and has a comparatively light, though fast and aggressive forward line. Our team will depend on speed, aggressiveness, team-play, and good generalship to overcome the greater weight and natural strength of the Yale eleven...
...impartial. The anonymous "Review of the Yale Season" appears to be the carefully consecutive story of a team which the author does not overrate. The fiction, "Formation Z" and "Fussing the Game" presents in new combinations the never-failing elements of gridiron and girl. The short editorial article, though not nutritious, is harmless and pleasantly flavored...
...satisfactory, these defects must be remedied and this can be done only by practice. To learn the words of the old songs would not require an extraordinary mental exertion and would make the concerted singing much more effective. Furthermore, all should enter into the songs as though they wanted the opposite stands to hear them, and should strive by attention to the leader to begin on the proper note and to enunciate the words clearly so that those on the other side of the field will not only hear, but know, what they are singing. With the Yale game...