Word: veteran
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...abundance of veteran material is a criterion, the football eleven for next year will begin with a very good outlook. Since the connection of some of this year's players with the University will probably be changed before next season, it is too early yet to make very definite predictions as to the eligible material for next year's team. Some facts, however, are self-evident...
...inspiration and aided by the return of a number of devoted coaches the team has taken on new life. The weakness of the individuals are known and are not regarded as unconquerable. Their play is not yet up to that of Harvard nor up to the standard of a veteran team, and so there is still much to do. The make -- up of the eleven will be such that to beat it will mean a triumph and the work of whipping it a difficult undertaking...
...good or only fair. He was runner-up in the open tournament at Stockbridge last year, where he played a very close match with W. T. Gray in the finals. Cutting is sure to do well. Last summer he won the open tournament at Newport, defeating a number of veteran golfers. Burden also did good work in the Newport tournament, and has grown steadier in his playing this spring. On the whole the team is a stronger one than last year...
Experience in the past, in '61, as any veteran will bear witness, has shown that those who act with a definite and carefully considered purpose, and not on the impulse of a moment, prove the most useful recruits. And what, in this instance, should be the purpose in the mind of the undergraduate? The senible course is to consider the crisis coolly with the aim of deciding in what way he can serve his country best. If he thinks that the path of his duty lies in immediate enlistment, then no one can criticise him in his choice...
...lecture delivered in Sever 11 yesterday afternoon by ex-Governor G. S. Boutwell, under the auspices of the Forum and Union, was largely attended and proved very interesting. President Eliot introduced the speaker, referring to him as a veteran orator who was however an exponent of the modern style of oratory as opposed to the old or flowery, decorative style...