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...reasons for our failure are two. Perhaps the greatest fault is in the inactivity of the graduates in interesting boys in Harvard. I do not mean by that, Proselyting, but merely telling to them the merits of the college, and what they will gain by coming here. We do not want athletic parasites, but we want more men rooting for Harvard. We have bent over backwards to avoid proselyting, but we can at least stir up interest...
...major sport teams were then called on to give accounts of the activities of their teams. In commenting on the recent defeat of the first crew by the Sophomore and third University eights, Captain Henry said he wanted to emphasize the fact that it was in no way the fault of the coaching they had received. "The crew is in good condition physically," he said, "and its only alibi lies in the fact that it has not yet mastered its new stroke. In the few weeks left before the race with Yale, a great deal may happen. Our early season...
...tempted, of course, to remember Hawthorne's creative genius smothered in a custom house or of Burns ganging ale in Dumiries; but that would be a pitiful exhibition of mid-Victorianism. And just a pitiful would be the counter suggestion that the fault of the grammar schools lies in political school boards and underpaid teachers; or that a little logic and a little disagreeable work is very "good for the soul." No, small Cousin Biliee must henceforth be allowed to vent his creative impulse on the fly leaf of a first edition "Ulysses", and improve the hitherto uncolored wood-cuts...
Coach Stewart will probably give Puffer another chance on the mound for the seconds. The latter's main fault against Andover was in his fielding. His pitching against the schoolboy's sluggers was above reproach, and Coach Stewart is confident that practice will improve his fielding...
...unskilful stick work which marred the Syracuse game to a certain extent was even more noticeable Saturday, and this fault has determined Coach Herbert to devote the next few days to intensive practice in handling the ball. Time and again the University players drove within striking distance of the Colgate goal only to lose the ball by a careless fumble before a shot was attempted. A number of brilliant stops by the Hamiltonian goaltender also contributed to the zero in the Harvard column...