Word: constant
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...hardest game of the season to date, the University eleven defeated West Point on Saturday, by a score of 18 to 0. The game was filled with lessons for Harvard. While the defensive work was strong and a great improvement existed at tackles, the offensive playing was undeniably poor. Constant fumbling and looseness in forming plays cost the back-field much distance and often the possession of the ball. At this time in the season, however, a strong defense is the most important element to be developed. In so far as the game showed that the opposing backs could...
...library of the reading room now contains over six hundred books and pamphlets, about half of which are in constant circulation...
...plan announced yesterday, which will govern the Leiter cup series this year, seems a carefully considered one and well calculated to arouse and keep interest constant in the series. It will be remembered that last year's regulations divided the sixteen competing nines into four groups, with the intention of having each nine play every other in its group and then the four group champions playing off for first place. The diffculties proved to be that in two groups nines dropped out and in one of the others there was a tie, so that the number of games played...
...improvement of the Weld crews during the past week has been quite noticeable. The order in the various crews has been much changed about and even now their final make-up is uncertain. There has been a constant interchange of men between the crews at the 'Varsity house and those at the Weld. Bedford 1900 has joined the second nineteen hundred crew; Glidden has been recalled and is now rowing 3 in the regular boat. Sheafe '98 was tried in the regular Senior boat for a short time, but yesterday returned to the Weld...
...Constant practice is essential. The youthful speaker should be encouraged by the examples of Webster and Wendell Phillips, but he should never imitate. Quotations too must be avoided. Clearness and conciseness must be sought before decoration. The field for oratory is as wide awake today as ever and the good speaker just as much a power in society...