Word: winning
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...would seem as if, the Faculty assumed in each man a certain Jekyll and Hyde dual composition of character. Those nobler qualities of the Jekyll side, desire to succeed; to master and to win are to be directed to the studies alone, while the baser Hyde characteristics, half-heartedness, hypocrisy of purpose and the famous Harvard indifference are to be exercised only on the sport. Isn't this a bit unreasonable? In a communication the other day by Mr. Derby we are led to believe that from those absences which occur at the end of a major sport season...
...will complete Vermont's southern trip which began on April 1. The team has already played seven games, but has won only one. Defeated by Fordham 6 to 1, Seton Hall 2 to 1, Villanova 8 to 6, and Pennsylvania 3 to 2 on Tuesday, the team managed to win one game with Lehigh, 4 to 1, and to tie with Villanova...
...undergraduate's interests here at Harvard may be classed under three heads,--athletic, social,--both harmless and vicious,--and academic. The Faculty, realizing that, in the race to win the interest of the average undergraduate, it is far behind the promoters of athletic and social enterprises, proposes to exclude, in a measure, the other competitors. Before it does so it would be well for it to examine the workings of all the departments to see if the utmost possible is done to attract the interest of undergraduates. We wonder if the average instructor is as heartily interested in the welfare...
...given a chance to get some coaching before the class crews came out. This kind of spirit of only rowing on one of the two University crews is selfish and disgraceful. It is a bad example to the younger oarsmen; and it will not help the University crew to win against Yale this year or in future years. JOHN RICHARDSON...
...games, tied, one, and lost one. Two were not finished. As the score now stands, the American team has 2 1-2 points to England's 1 1-2. The two unfinished games are to be adjudicated by Mr. Shipley, but the impression of experts is that America will win them. If this proves true, it gives the Rice Chess trophy to the Americans as this was the deciding match...