Word: working
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...rather early in the season to estimate accurately the strength of the foot ball team, yet the work Saturday calls for some comment. The most marked faults were a general lack of snap and a looseness of playing at critical points. Stevens started off with such a rush that Harvard seemed dazed for at least five minutes and could not get possession of the ball. Several times the ball was lost by pure carelessness; in two instances it was deliberately taken from Harvard players while running. The men tackled and blocked well, and the individual work was good. With...
...Hewlett, '90, has had the coaching in charge, and will continue to do so until next Monday when Duncan Edwards, formerly captain of the 'varsity nine, will take his place. Hewlett keeps his men hard at work, giving them very little time for themselves. They rise early and walk half an hour before breakfast. At eleven they practice passing, blocking, etc, until dinner time. From four to six they play foot ball, and then take a mile run before dinner. The candidates for the rush line are as follows...
...Work was begun on the new athletic field at Amherst on last Wednesday. The new field which was given by Frederick Pratt, '87 comprises twenty acres...
College Conference Meeting. Charity work for college men. Addresses and discussion. Sever...
...croaking of chronic grumblers. Doubtless there may be cases of genuine grievances, and with the sufferers from an such we sympathize. In general, however, the grumbling we have heard seems decidedly premature. It can hardly be expected that with but two weeks of trial the new system should work to perfection. It should certainly be accorded a fair trial before it is atterly condemned; if, after that trial, it proves inefficient, there will be time enough then to decry it. Young men are far too apt to find fault on the spur of the moment where no material fault lies...