Word: mistaken
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...college he should have the best opportunity to watch their play and to encourage it, and then that he in turn should give way to the next generation. However ready we graduates may be to take advantage of the privileges which have been given us, I am much mistaken if there are not many who feel that, when it interferes with the interests of the undergraduates, the present system is unjust and ought to be reformed. Edward Robinson...
...season and the close competition for places among their number, these men must feel that they are true representatives of the strength of the University and trusted as such. We hope that the crowd at the boat house today will prove to them that they are not mistaken...
Enough of this, however. The communication deals well with the details of a mistaken and tactless editorial...
...football, baseball, rowing, tennis, or any other sport which teaches him quickness of eye and command of his muscles in proportion to their growth, far more efficiently than he can build it up in a gymnasium. The ideal use of the gymnasium is the preliminary crew training. A completely mistaken use is that made by the so-called strong man. The best developed and most symmetrical muscles will be worthless alike to the college and to their owner if he is slow and awkward...
Conversely, Harvard ought to reciprocate in kind. Each should suffer silently from mistaken policies...