Word: attainable
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...majority an intercollegiate football game means something more than an opportunity to give vent to "canned enthusiasm" by wild cheers and drunkenness. It is a clean contest, well and fairly fought, an exhibition of skill, grit, loyalty and team-work, that leaves the spectator with an increased desire to attain those qualities for himself...
...late years the University has been weak in the hammer. This is an event which requires several years to master. For this reason it is important that a man start training for it his Freshman year if he wishes to attain success. For men with some skill at handling themselves, the pole-vault offers a fertile field for development...
Saturday's defeat has accomplished one thing which years of victory could scarcely attain. There is an instinct for men to stand together in adversity which is lacking in success, and every Harvard man who has previously felt only a complacent interest in the team is now backing it heart and soul. It is defeat which shows the true calibre of men, and the grit and fighting qualities showed by Captain Mahan and his team in Saturday's game have brought them out of the contest more respected, if such a thing is possible, than they were before the game...
...greatest thing that a man has to learn before he can attain any great success in college is to concentrate his energies entirely on the subject in hand--whether it be preparation for a recitation the next morning, or the assimilation of the signal code of the football team...
...china, a prey to the foreign spoiler. Between national subjection or humiliation and war they would not hesitate. Nor are they, with few exceptions, unwilling to adopt such means as may be necessary to avert wars, or to reduce their frequency--even though the means were necessary to attain the end. To such people, those who advocate seriously any rational means of advancing the cause of universal peace can appeal with confidence of a respectful hearing...