Word: alertness
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...novelty in Harvard College to have such demonstrations of esteem and admiration and for that reason it was all the more genuine. It was a case of taking advantage of our opportunity, and our opportunities are limited from now on. In this respect the President was alert as usual and seized the opportunity to talk freely about his resignation. The ever-present optimism was the keynote of his speech and we are all enlisted at his invitation in discovering the right man, a man in the very flush of the prime of life, to undertake the responsibilities which have been...
...motives may be expected to exert their influence. The first is the interest excited by suspicion. We have heard of the Presbyterian Elder who usually slept during the sermon when his own minister was the preacher, but who, when a stranger occupied the pulpit, remained wide awake and keenly alert. He gave as his reason for this change of attitude, his assurance of the soundness of his minister, and his conviction that when a stranger came, he needed watching. There are many dormant minds to whom this Review with its new and unknown character and possibilities will supply a wholesome...
...nerve in getting off kicks when the passes had been poor and Yale men were about to block him. Osborne at tackle was the most conspicuous man in the two lines, often breaking through to block plays, tackling hard, and following the ball exceptionally well. Macdonald was not always alert, and at times he was blocked out of plays that he should have stopped. Starr several times overran his man and in general did not show up to as good advantage as in previous games. Peirce's work at right tackle was of great help to the team, and with...
...college world. "The football hero," he says, "is useful in a society of young men if he illustrates generous strength and leads a clean life; but his merits of body and mind are not of the most promising sort for future service out in the world. The alert, nimble, wiry, tough body is, for professional or business purposes in after life, a better one than...
...goals were shot in rapid succession. Harvard's defence was uniformly strong, and Lehmann's body checking was particularly effective. On the attack, Bennett, Blaxter, Outerbridge and Smith played a consistently aggressive game. Hays, at goal, made several difficult stops. For Cornell, Bleakley, Curran and Scheidenhelm were swift and alert...