Word: gridirons
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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...learned by either team. But when Army met Harvard in the opposing cheering sections, it was superb versus soporific, and the lessons are legion for Harvard. If the quality of the teams had been in proportion to the quality of their respective cheering support, "Jawn" would have suffered a gridiron catastrophe rivaling Old Eli's debacle of the previous week. If the yelling Cadets had been absent, Soldiers Field wouldn't have been as noisy as a thoroughly average Student Union meeting...
...Jayvees set the pattern for the Varsity game Saturday when the battled to a 6 to 6 draw with the Army junior varsity squad on the soldiers Field practice gridiron...
...turning out powerhouse after powerhouse and All-America after All-America, it is impossible for us to compete with teams which are bidding on the open market every spring and then geting results on the gridiron the next fall. Taxas A. & M., Georgia Tech, Boston College, and even our old friends Penn and Cornell are playing a different sort of football from ours. They are going after their wins Yawkey style. One year out of five we may be able to equal their squads, guard for guard and back for back, but in the other four years any contest with...
Harvard football is based on the assumption that there are still a few deluded young men in this country who want to be capable athletes and scholars alike. They even prefer gaining an education to gaining yardage on the gridiron. Naturally, every preference in admissions should be given to the scholar-athlete. If a man has both high marks and a good athletic record in high school, be is the perfect type of raw material for both the Harvard football coaches and the professors. The scholar-athlete is the best type of man not because he can help Harvard...
...Donald Peddie '41, of Minnesota, will bring his twangy mid-Western accent to the gridiron this fall as head cheerleader for the football games. High point of his performance will be the ride aboard the Army mule, which the fans should gopher...