Word: weightier
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...this devotion to the weightier interests of the School has not prevented the most punctual and accurate performance of the lesser and less attractive duties of his position; and in his dealings with the students he has displayed an urbanity, a patient attention to their complaints, even under the most irritating conditions, and a devotion to their welfare, which have made him the father of the graduate students as well as of the Graduate School...
...Harvard thanks you from the bottom of his grateful heart. But you have something more to do; a harder battle to fight, a nobler victory to win, and I would say to every man upon your team: Your splendid record has laid upon your sturdy shoulders another and a weightier duty. If you are to do a real and lasting service for the cause of athletics, and for your Alma Mater, you must show when you go out from her halls that there are moral and intellectual qualities which your training on the football field has fostered and strengthened...
Emmons played the best individual game for Harvard. Grant and his two guards made a good showing against their far weightier opponents. At left end Wadsworth was out-classed by Hinkey who played a faultless game and interfered most effectively around his end. Wrenn did some steady work at quarter-back for Harvard, and the two half-backs ran well with the ball as long as their forwards gave them any help...