Word: nevertheless
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...University eleven was given a 25-minute scrimmage with the Freshmen yesterday afternoon and, although scoring two touchdowns against them, was by no means greatly superior. Punts were exchanged on almost every other play. Burr had the advantage over Cutler, but, nevertheless, was unable to keep the ball within striking distance of the Freshmen's goal. The backfield work of the University eleven was weak and most of Cutler's punts were poorly handled. The Freshman ends got down the field well under every punt and their tackling spoiled all chances of running the ball back for any gain...
...every large audience there is a class of people who feel bound to escape in the shortest possible time after the performance is over. As a rule these persons have more time at their disposal than the rest of the crowd, but they nevertheless rush for the exits, adding to their own discomfort as well as to that of their fellows. A timely illustration of this occurred after the Williams game Saturday, when a large number of brave individuals jumped over the parapet of the Stadium to the track below. They may have gained two minutes over their more orderly...
...been in operation only a year, it has already surpassed both the Massachusetts and the Boston hospitals in efficiency of organization. President Eliot concluded by saying that Archbishop O'Connell himself, though he insisted in theory on the superiority of a training in a Catholic university for Catholic men, nevertheless admitted the advisability of young Catholics going to Harvard, so long as no equally good sectarian university existed. President Eliot said he himself held a somewhat different view; namely, that he considered the secular universities the best for all. In ending he quoted the President of Vermont University...
...Nevertheless the step must be taken, unavoidably so, by each one entering upon college life, and greater and more manly responsibilities assumed. There are chiefly four kinds of responsibilities that should weigh upon each student; first his responsibility and duty to those by whom he is permitted and enabled to attend college, secondly the responsibility that he owes in cherishing the fair fame of his university, thirdly the duty he owes himself in fitting himself to be a helpful and loyal citizen, and fourthly the duty that each one owes to an Almighty Power above. College days are happy...
...crew went downstream again to the Navy Yard and back in long stretches--and one half-mile was rowed with a stroke of 38, which was raised to 40 in the last 100 yards. The boat travelled better with the fast stroke than it did with the slow. Nevertheless, the work of the day as a whole was very encouraging. The crew has the possibility of becoming a very fast eight within the week that remains before the race...