Word: effort
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...work of the team consisted of hard signal practice and the usual line-up against the second. Every effort was made to put dash into the play, and to develop the team work and interference. The results of these efforts appeared in the scoring of the second touchdown by Reid, when all the gains were made by well-executed plays into the line. Hallowell placed his punts better, and Sawin succeeded in kicking an easy goal from the field. Burnett missed two tries for goal from the forty-five and thirty-five yard lines respectively...
...possession, the backs were sent into the line. The practice thus gained was of special value, as line plays and not end plays are of most avail against the strong teams to come. In the first part of the game the West Point line forced Harvard to exert every effort to gain by these straight dive plays, but as they weakened in the second half, cleaner play in the Harvard back-field would have insured a larger score...
...neither good nor bad. The specimen lecture again appears under the heading of "Phonographic Marvels" and in this case is an excellent summary of peculiarities which are, however, well known. The "By the Way" is the wittiest piece in the number, and "The America's Cup," for a sustained effort, is very readable...
...week with the first meetings of the class clubs. The Seniors will meet Monday night, the Juniors on Tuesday night, and the Sophomores and Freshmen in the latter part of the week. To a large extent the clubs will be reorganized on the plan adopted last year, and an effort will be made to interest new men in debating...
...first duty of the student is to take proper care of his health. How to give prolonged intellectual training to the mind without harm to the body is a problem that colleges are still trying to solve. The training of the mind should become a steady effort. There also exists a third essential: the cultivation of the ideal, of love, of duty, and of personal service...