Word: restraining
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Active thinking, self-reliance, power to carry out what is attempted, and ability to decide at once and in the right way - these are not qualities to be disregarded, nor is any training that tends to perfect them " The mere fact that "faculties appoint committees to guide and properly restrain athletics, is evidence of a recognized importance." The great trouble is in the alleged brutality of foot ball which is unscrupulously exaggerated by newspapers...