Word: work
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...work of the Yale freshmen has been particularly good this year, the fielding and batting being good. They have no very good pitchers. In nearly every game two pitchers have been used, and their victories have been mostly due to excellent fielding and hard hitting...
...method of choosing managers is one with which we heartily agree. Election by the class we have endorsed as far preferable to choice by the manager himself, and if conducted along with a qualifying competition has great possibilities. We do not, however, favor publishing an account of the work done by the candidates who have qualified in such a preliminary competition. The class and not the manager must make the final choice. If nominations are made by competition it is not likely that the class will go far wrong--at any event it will have no post appointment complaints...
...nearness of next Saturday's race with Cornell has been shown by the tactics adopted by the University crew during the past week. The practice has consisted principally of rowing short stretches at a high stroke and trying racing starts. The work on Tuesday was the only exception to this, for on that day the crew took a long row in the basin, going and returning in two stretches. On Monday the crew paddle to Brighton in easy stages, on Wednesday they rowed over a one-mile course in good time, and yesterday they again went down-stream. The rowing...
Twenty-three original drawings by F. G. Atwood '78, whose first work appeared in the Harvard Lampoon and whose later work has come out in Life, have recently been presented to the Union by J. T. Coolidge, Jr., '79. The sketches, which will be framed and hung in the Periodical Room, are chiefly of the two series "Manners and Customs of Ye Harvarde Students" and "Manners and Customs of Ye Bostonians...
...slow; and since such a strong combination as he had was being beaten continually by the junior university and freshman crews, Mr. Courtney saw that there must be something radically wrong. His repeated shifts did not better matters. It was evident that the men were dissatisfied and did not work well together, and that the affair had gone too far to be settled peacefully. Mr. Courtney said that while his move may cost Cornell the victory in the Harvard race, it is the only one that could prove wise in the long run. He was not prepared for recent developments...