Word: cooling
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...championship, and finally each gave up, without victory and yet unbeaten. The Harvard eleven had fought their way up to Yale's goal-line, and almost where they had been baffled two years before, again could not carry the ball two yards to victory. And Yale, rarely changing her cool, defensive position, kept the ball out of danger by brilliant kicking. That Yale did not play to win was apparent. All during the second half, McBride's one effort was to keep possession of the ball and tie the game. In spite of the hardest kind of football...
...impregnable on the defense and entered into the offense with dash and spirit. They ran down the field under punts in perfect style. Although responsible for one or two of West Point's minor gains, J. Lawrence played better than he has at any time this season. He was cool and was not guilty of his old fault of offside play...
...Boxford Camp, which is the regular camp of the 2nd Corps of Cadets. This camp is provided with a mess house, board floors for the tents, rifle butts, bathing facilities, etc. There are two large fields well adapted for drill of all kinds. The situation is cool, and the camp is in every way desirable...
...word of advice from President Eliot on enlisting has been generally desired ever since the outbreak of hostilities, and now that a large increase in the army is likely to prove necessary, comes most opportunely. Men are much better able today than a month ago, to take a cool survey of the situation, appreciate that the best of patriotism is not always blind action, and to decide definitely where their duties...
...life at Harvard more welcome to the average undergraduate than the Glee Club singing on the Holworthy steps: in the first place a tradition which both "grads" and undergraduates would hate to see declining,- and besides a pleasure which we are all looking forward to as long hot days, cool evenings, and final examinations approach...