Word: utmost
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Sander's Theatre was filled to its utmost last evening on the occasion of a lecture by Sir Edwin Arnold who chose as his subject, "The Upanishad." On being introduced by President Eliot Mr. Arnold said that he had little hope of doing justice to his subject but could not resist the opportunity of saying something about India. The word Upanishad is probably as unfamiliar to you all as to Alexander when he invaded India nearly two thousand years ago. On this occasion he sent a message to one of the native princes ordering him to come with gold...
...good physique is more desirable than previously acquired skill. That you have never played before need not deter you from learning now, and if you have not been already urged to play it is far from being proof that your work is not desired. While the captain does his utmost he cannot of course seek every man in person, and yet you who have been inadvertently passed by are perhaps the very ones who by earnest work may bring victory to Harvard, Surely in a case of this kind all reticence and self-distrust should be forgotten for the general...
...made in individual cases to the rules set down, but in the majority of cases they should be held to strictly. The idea is to keep the athlete from doing his best until the fifth week of training when he is expected to be in condition for the utmost exertion without injuring himself. The system of the amount of work to be done in each of the first five weeks is carefully laid down, and, if literally held to, cannot fail to keep the athlete in robust health, and ready to do his best on the day of competition without...
...call the attention of the freshman class to the meeting in Massachusetts this evening and urge that every member of the class be present. The object of the meeting is of the utmost importance and must have the thoughtful action of the whole freshman class, Freshman athletics with Yale have long been a feature of our college life and have served a very useful purpose in calling out and developing material for 'varsity teams. But without doubt the rules governing these contests need changing and by several needed changes the Harvard Yale freshman contests will be put on better, surer...
...many graduates who now feel the same deep and lively interest in college athletics which stirred them to their very marrow and nerved them to their utmost endeavor in every contest during those fast flying years when they were themselves at old Harvard, there is apparent today throughout the University, an explicable feeling that is in the very air of Cambridge; among the men on the various athletic teams as well as among the undergraduates at large. A lifeless, listless attitude toward everything; a "we can't-help-it" spirit that is sickening. In short a total lack of real...