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...have been all these changes there has been no change in the character of the Harvard man. Methods of instruction may come and methods of instruction may go, but the college boy with the beauty of God on his face goes on forever. It is always a contest between brute courage and manliness on the one side, and on the other, meanness, flabbiness, and cowardice. The result of the contest is to determine which boy goes to Heaven and which to the bad--or to the devil...
...Works, which mean sacrifice, self denial, and doing good to others; second, Knowledge of God and the truth of the life eternal; and third, Faith, a surrender to God's will and a devotion to his service. Man has an affinity to two things, to God and to the brute. It is this discord between two natures which we must strive to resolve into a perfect unity with God himself. We must give up the things of this earth and all self-seeking purposes, if we are to attain this unity. As Jesus has said, "He that loseth his life...
Jones, right tackle, stands too high, and does not maintain his proper position in relation to the guard. He lacks charge, relying on brute force to get his opponent out of the way, with the result that he gets tangled up with his opponent too often. He has, however, shown much improvement since the beginning of the season. Pierce, right tackle, is rather light for the place, and is too easily turned aside. He has not learned how to resist force coming at him from an angle, now properly to help out his guard...
...night on the theme of "Courage." He spoke in part as follows: Only the man who sees life sanely and sees it whole possesses true courage. It is a necessary quality in the development of every race. In its primitive form courage is only brutal, but it is this brute force and brute courage from which higher and more refined virtues spring. Brute courage reaches a certain point where it does not satisfy; it must be allied to faith. There are several checks upon the development of true courage in this country today. One is the easily won position which...
Dash and coolness, endurance and speed, precision and force, individual resourcefulness and power of cooperation, all go to make up the good player. The game is preeminently adopted to the work of building up good physique. It does not demand much brute force. It calls into use more muscles and functions of the human body than any other field game played today. Legs, arms, shoulders and chest are continually in use. It is particularly good as a lung developer. Lacrosse is admirably fitted to afford needful exercise to the average student...