Word: smallest
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...members of our team have perhaps had the benefit of a little such coaching when they were in preparatory schools, for even the latter are very generally provided with adequate coaches. Their companions in these schools who have passed into the teams of other colleges, even the smallest ones, have had this training continued until they have developed into strong runners. But those who have come to Harvard have met there a "laissez aller" policy that has put them at the mercy of their competitors...
Yesterday's call for Freshman crew candidates brought out but 51 men. This is a woefully small number, easily the smallest in a good many years, and seems to be quite out of place after the good showing of our crews last year...
...Washburn spoke highly of the services of President Roosevelt and of Senator Lodge as representing the great value Harvard men could be in politics, and urged, in closing, that every college man who had the smallest opportunity should go into politics as early as possible...
...which is 25 4-5s. more than the record for the course, made last year by Howland of Technology. In scoring, the first six men of each team were counted, each place counting according to its numerical value, the team with the smallest score winning. The University team won the first three, and the sixth, seventh and eighth places...
These informal meetings, which have been held on Sunday afternoons since December 1, have been on the whole successful. Refreshments have been served and there has been music and reading or speaking by selected men. The attendance has varied greatly, the largest number being 300 and the smallest 12; the average has been about 80. The gatherings have been in charge of class committees serving in rotation...