Word: effort
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...trophies of the field in a conspicuous place. That the trophies have in all cases been claimed is scarcely to be questioned, but that they should lie about unseen and disregarded mars to no inconsiderable extent the success of winning teams. Traditions can be maintained only with much effort and vigilance; they can easily become mere breaths of the past and mean nothing to those of us who belong to the present generation. Nor are traditions always worthy of further perpetuation. But in matters which concern so deeply the life of the University the past should not be so utterly...
...ability to keep ahead of the other team and their confidence has been of the sort that breeds success. Under the able direction of an acting captain who fulfilled his position splendidly they fought hard and cleanly, they were never caught unprepared, and each man responded with his supreme effort when called upon to do his part. Harvard is proud of every man of them...
...success has been felt by everyone, and everyone should foster this spirit by taking some part in the outdoor work. The teams would be benefited thereby, for the general physique of the University would be improved. The Freshman team has shown what can be accomplished by serious and determined effort. It completely outplayed and defeated a team which outweighed it fifteen pounds per man. This year there have been three coaching staffs, University, second team, and Freshman, all under the direction of Coach Haughton, who planned his entire campaign last summer...
...efficiency as a coach of long distance runners by turning out a team to defeat Yale, and interest in cross-country running will benefit by it. Things that are worth doing at all are worth doing well and if Harvard is to have a cross-country team, every effort, consistent with a conservative athletic policy, should be made to put that enterprise on a substantial and successful basis. It is the height of folly to attempt to meet opponents on a basis so different from theirs that practically every effort is doomed to be a failure. A change...
...reaching. This year many charitable institutions have found themselves destitute of funds which heretofore they have been able to rely on and so are unable to supply many of the urgent demands of poverty. It requires no great sacrifice to discard old clothes, and it is well worth the effort to have them ready for the collectors and thereby feel that they will fall into deserving hands...