Word: winning
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...that celebrated speech of Peters of the Bones, wherein, in strangely mixed metaphor, he referred to the Harvard man as "a kid-gloved lamb." If, in order to beat Yale it will be necessary to adopt her general sentiments and her standards of conduct, we never want to win again. But is it not possible to raise our standard in athletics without lowering our social ideals, for we do not want to meddle with the social conditions here? It must be remembered that it was under these very conditions that the gentlemanly spirit of Harvard has been evolved; and surely...
...them which are not matches, and the practice which they would get at New Haven and Cambridge would be desirable. It will be better for the smaller colleges. Take the experience of Weyleyan at foot-ball, for instance. That plucky college has made an earnest and enthusiastic effort to win at foot-ball. Its boys have labored just as conscientiously as those of Yale and Harvard, but they are beaten simply by the limitations of their numbers, and their field, and the absence of large support. They have accomplished all they hoped to in defeating Pennsylvania, and their leaders...
...their obedience in following the admirable precedent set by ninety. They have now made an excellent showing in their first appearance in inter-collegiate contest, and it is to be hoped that this success will only stimulate the class to add two more victories in the spring and thus win an unrivalled record. Too much praise cannot be given to the team for their splendid work Saturday. The game was won in spite of the odds which Harvard had to face. It was played at New Haven, where there is every facility for rattling a team, and the cheering...
...success? I do not like to accuse my own class of selfishness, but I certainly think there is some reason for such a charge, for there are plenty of men well able to bear the expenses of the trip, who intend to stay in Cambridge and let their team win if it can. They may at least know whom to blame, if their team is beaten...
This year Harvard seems more likely to win the championship than for several years before; and if she does, she will deserve it because of faithful training. But we should not be human if we did not confidently hope that when the sun sets on Thanksgiving Day the blue will still float above the crimson...