Word: disheartening
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...last hard practice of the 'varsity eleven took place yesterday afternoon. First the team played ninety-nine. The freshmen put up a plucky game. The 'varsity scored several times but this did not dishearten the freshmen, who played as hard as they could while the play lasted...
...easy fault finding with coaches, captain or men. They are all as anxious as any one of us to win from Yale; they are more anxious; and they have to do the work, to stand the training, to keep themselves fit for the big battle. Do not let us dishearten them by dismal, doleful predictions, however much these may seem justified by the recent successes of our opponents. A game is never lost until time is called. Our men have near a fortnight in which to recruit and practise. Any one who understands the matter will readily agree that...
Harvard's play was most mortifying. The men were urged to their utmost and individually seemed to be in earnest, but through it all one could see a spirit of demoralization. The visitors' first touchdown seemed to rattle rather than dishearten the men. After that there was a certain indecision, a certain helplessness against Amherst's sharp aggressive game. which filled the minds of the Harvard men with unpleasant thoughts of what may be if a halt is not made immediately and measures taken to see that, from now on, this unreliable changeable sort of work...
...surprise that the character of the commencement speaking offers an admirable opportunity to those who wish to criticise. As a rule the men who are selected to speak have had no elocutionary training whatever. A few may have been induced to attend the voluntary classes just long enough to dishearten them upon the eve of speaking. Is it any wonder that from such material such results follow? The university has just cause for congratulation that the "dramatic expression" has passed as useless for practical purposes. But that does not aid matters. Men will not spend their time in oratorical drill...
...house the inside boat was leading by half a length, and the position was unchanged at the stake-boats. In turning, the outside boat was carried by the tide against the anchoring rope, and before it could get clear, the leading boat was several lengths ahead. This seemed to dishearten the '79 oarsmen, and they withdrew, leaving the other boat to row over the last half of the course alone. The winners of this race pulled in good form, and succeeded in getting their boat through the water at a good rate...