Word: stake
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...young or old--a duty in which I know the men of Harvard will not fail--to do everything in his power to serve the country and to secure a victory in a contest which involves freedom and democracy and in which our own security would be at stake. If war should come we must never for a moment forget that the individual life is nothing in comparison with the life of the country, and ever bear in mind the words of Bacon that "the chief duties of life are more Important than life itself." There can be no higher...
Future of Gridiron Game at Stake...
...support of the undergraduates, but hearty and enthusiastic cheering on Saturdays means much more than the observation of a few hundred men during the week. Lastly, any individual ought to be willing to sacrifice the pleasure of satisfying his curiosity when the success of the football team is at stake. Therefore, let the undergraduate body no longer veil the word "secret" with mysterious, undemocratic meanings...
...Germany even today little knows the strength of purpose aroused in the English people. There is no outward excitement, and no visible anxiety. One might even suppose there was lacking a consciousness of the tremendous issues at stake. Such is the English way. But Germany will yet awake to discover her folly when she aroused the British lion into action...
...little incentive for the mediocre athlete to practice daily when all the coaching he can expect is that given by a more experienced undergraduate. Let the Athletic Committee offer adequate coaching and the candidates for these events will tend to increase. When the winning of track meets is at stake, the Athletic Committee certainly ought not to question an additional expenditure for adequate coaching...