Word: developing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...obliged to learn the English language is subjected to "one of the most mind-stunting processes that has ever formed a part of the general education of any people." Then again it says, "the child who has difficulty in learning to spell may be expected to develop strong logical faculties...
...past two years that men, once fine players, are now inefficient and worthless; that the foot-ball of to-day is a new game, in which strength and weight are no longer everything. Skill is now the requisite for fine play, and that skill he is trying to develop in the University men." - Yale News...
...playing scrub games be revived. One of the strongest arguments in support of this custom has been rendered ineffective by the inauguration of the class championship series, for, with four class elevens in constant practice and training, it can hardly be said that scrub games are needed to develop players for the 'varsity team. The second reason for the revival of scrub matches still remains in force, and to us it seems to be the one of most consequence. The small amount of open-air exercise taken by the majority of undergraduates has often called forth a great deal...
...class championship foot-ball games will undoubtedly bring out some good players, and the series ought to develop a feeling of rivalry as great as that manifested in some of last spring's base-ball contests. Aside from the benefit that will accrue to some future 'varsity eleven, the class spirit which has lately found an outlet in the rather unsatisfactory rush will now be turned into a more legitimate channel, and will be a benefit rather than a detriment to the college. The energetic way in which the freshmen have set to work serves to show that eighty-nine...
Blake for a new man did good work in goal and the other two men with continued hard practice ought to develop into good players. No exact score of the number of goals made by each side was kept, but two or three were taken by Harvard and three or four by the picked team. As some were made after darkness had set in, the score is of little importance...