Word: effort
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...Coach Haughton and to his assistants, who have made unselfish sacrifice of time and effort throughout the season for the benefit of the squad, the thanks of all Harvard men are due. The loss of the final game was due to lack of the proper material to pick from, rather than to any failure of the coaches to make the most of what they had. We believe that the coaching was conducted on exactly the right Principles, and that in these past two seasons the foundation has been laid for a permanent coaching system, by which the experience...
...been proved that the methods now followed by the Athletic Association are insufficient, for speculation still continues after years of effort against it. If football continues to grow in popularity as it has in the past, and it seems likely to do so, the demand for tickets will be greater each year, and the abuse of ticket preferences will naturally increase. To combat this danger the publication of the black-list is the only sure means, and we believe that it is justifiable and advisable...
...meeting of the Athletic Committee last evening, it was decided that every possible effort would be made to fill the applications of the last group of Harvard men. This group consists of graduates of the professional schools who are not graduates of the College, and who applied for two seats. The applications of these men could not be filled with the number of seats formerly available...
...under the disadvantage of having to play a safe game. Plays and players must be saved as much as possible for the climax of the season a week from today. The Dartmouth eleven, which closes its season with this game, can use all its resources in this single effort...
...Seegar's very melodious "San Cristoval," Mr. Gilkey's "Song," containing a poetic idea, Mr. Reed's charming "Melisande," and Mr. Thayer's ambitious "Midnight"--these together, one is happy to see, attest a widespread power among Harvard students to write finished and fine-spirited verse. More sustained effort is manifest in Mr. Hunt's adaptation of the delightful Middle-English lay "Sir Orfeo." This rendering--of which half is postponed to the December number-- is of striking excellence. Mr. Hunt employs with good effect an eight-line stanza, instead of the rhyming couplets of the original, but he adheres...