Word: working
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Horween has proved himself a capable coach and a wise and patient leader. He is a man for whom his players will work willingly and without the feeling that they are being driven to death for the sole purpose of producing a string of victories. In the four years that he has been at the reins in Harvard football his teams and their records have shown consistent improvement and this improvement has had its reflection in the ever growing optimism and good will of the student body...
...center has proven a tower of offensive and defensive strength. His brilliant play this fall has won him the praises of coaches and experts who have watched him and his name has figured on all the "All" teams chosen so far. Ticknor's forte has been his sensational defensive work; his remarkable ability to diagnose the opposing plays coupled with his great strength has made him a veritable Rock of Gibraltar against which the fiercest rushes have dashed hopelessly...
...this last Yale game. With one arm practically useless as the result of his bruising tackling he walked to the sidelines and asked for a substitute at center as he was unable to snap the ball back. Gildea went to center while the rangy Ticknor continued his stellar work at a guard post...
...second team which has there to fore been given no adequate coaching attention. The University squad has never used all the time available and this year it is planned to give them a definite schedule for practice. The present arrangements with the Garden management call for three full afternoons work throughout the season...
Professors in the Department of Economics protest against this influx of prospective millionaires. Moreover the reports of the Business School show that the previous field of concentration of their students has no effect on the quality of the work they produce. Men who concentrate in Economics for purely materialistic reasons obviously miss what they most hope to obtain...