Word: sports
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...evening the grounds will be finely illuminated and there will be singing by American and German clubs and varied gymnastic exhibitions. Fine sport is promised in the water events, including asthey do, tub-racing, tilting, riding...
...America the tendency both in school and college is to narrow the number of those who take regular athletic training to those who find some hope of "getting on the team." In England there are dozens of "teams" in each school and the goal is good health and honest sport rather than winning a game. It is this spirit that progressive universities such as Harvard and Yale should foster in the preparatory schools, if necessary, by arbitrarily requiring a certain amount of physical development...
...Harvard's track athletic interests for the ensuing year is a wise choice, and one which will receive the support of the undergraduates. If ever a man of energy is needed it is for this position. Experience has shown that proficiency in track athletics more than in any other sport is liable to be of a "dark-horse" nature, to crop out in quarters where least expected, and a captain's work consists in searching out just such material and testing its unknown qualities. The track captain is in a constantly restless condition. No matter how good a necleus...
Cricket is a sport which has always been in somewhat this position here, and it is probable that the feeling among the players that it didn't affect the University much whether they won or lost, has been responsible for many Harvard defeats in the past. Last year there were a number of exceptionally good and enthusiastic cricketers in college, and the result was that the game had a temporary boom, occupied the minds of a number of men throughout a longer preparation than usual, and finally ended the season with a clean record of victories. This year the example...
...should go forth in June qualified in some way to be of more service to his country than merely to shoulder a rifle and go into an awkward squad. Every man should go forth with the feeling that he has denied himself a few hours of other kinds of sport or pleasure, in this period of actual warfare, and has helped to prove his devotion to the cause of freedom and to the principles of the great republic...