Word: ward
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...career as a teacher, and carries them through the chapters of "The Field of Influence," "Friends and Country," "Activities of Retirement," "Unto the Last." New affections and interests spring up to take the places of the old, and we have his enlightening correspondence with Thomas Carlyle, Samuel Gray Ward, Dr. Horace H. Furness, W. D. Howells, S. Weir Mitchell, and many others. His last letter, to Mr. C. F. Adams, was written on October 14, 1908, and he died just a week later...
Captain Henry has been shifted from fullback to left tackle, being substituted by Fraser. With Gelb at tackle and Mitchell at centre the most doubtful positions are the guards which are being sought for by Maxwell, Ward, Staff and Gottshall...
Another hard day was spent by the University football squad on Soldiers Field yesterday. The main weakness to ward which the coaches are now directing the greater part of their attention is lack of team-play. There is plenty of individual brilliancy, but the team as a whole is as yet far from being as unified and as mechanically perfect as it should be. They are also endeavoring to build up strong interference, for the brand shown thus far has been far from perfect...
Harvard Training Quarters, Red Top, Conn., June 13, 1913.--When the University eight took the water this morning a change was made in the shell used. The boat built by Sims of Putney was substituted for that built by Ward in which the crew has been rowing since early this spring. Today the Freshmen used the Ward boat. This change in boats makes them more suitable to the weights of the two crews. The Ward boat formerly used by the University eight, which has a light bow, was observed to ride too far out of the water forward between strokes...
What may seem, without analysis, in the Elective Pamphlet unfavorable to public speaking-- its absorption by the English department--is in reality a further recognition of its value and necessity. Formerly a group of independent courses, only one of which counted to-ward a degree, it has been drawn into its proper place beside the courses in written composition and its scope has been greatly extended. The change means, not a lessening of training in so important a feature of the life of today, but rather a decided advancement, and a beneficial association with related courses on English composition...