Word: chain
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Dates: during 1910-1910
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Never was the truth of the adage that a chain is as strong as its weakest link more conclusively demonstrated than on Saturday afternoon on Yale field. Except for a few minutes in the third period, the University team outplayed its opponents, but in spite of this, misplays blighted Harvard's hopes when they were highest. These mistakes showed the weak links in the chain which gave way under the strain...
...weak link in the chain was not the Council per se, but its composition. The members were the "most prominent men in College," meaning that they already had their hands so full of work that they could not spare the time and thought that membership in the Council should involve. Their offense is palliated by the fact that it was the inevitable consequence of the system in vogue here of concentrating the entire student administrative work of the College on too few shoulders...
...congratulate the relay teams and their coaches upon the excellent work at the Boston Athletic Association meet. It is indeed pleasant to have broken the long chain of defeats which we have received in the relay races with Yale; but to put two winning teams on the track besides breaking a Yale record of five years' standing, not to mention the work of the victorious Freshmen, is not only gratifying, but shows that a lively and intelligent interest is being taken in the work of the track team...