Word: weakly
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Dates: during 1890-1890
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...inoperative. It seemed, moreover, as we have been told, that Harvard being a University, it would be a slur on the earnest spirit of the students if extra days were added to a recess merely because there are very few recitations to attend to. This latter argument seems somewhat weak. Saturday afternoon has always been considered the proper time for recreation, surely no one can be expected to work on Sunday, so that men are called upon to give up two whole days at home in order to do regular work on Saturday morning...
...wall of moral courage and right. A man has no right to enter college, no right to enter the world unless he has this defense about him. Many men who are without it may be wits or philosophers or great writers, but they are sure to be morally weak...
...strongest team into the field. Princeton will still be seriously handicapped when she meets Yale on account of the loss of Black and Hayden; the others who have been on the injured list, however, have recovered and the team which will face Yale is by no means a weak...
...tackle Princeton is weak. If Black had been able to play, he would have been the very man to face Captain Rhodes. Speir will probably be played here if he has recovered from his recent shaking up; if not, Woods will try his hand on the Yale captain. He is strong, active, a fair tackler and a good runner, but not up to the other two. On the other side of the line, Lewis will face Wallis; he is a sure tackler and very active, but hardly strong enough for the position. On the ends, however, with Warren and Farness...
...yards in consequence. Then began a long struggle during which the ball wandered about between Harvard's thirty five and twenty yard lines. Harvard's magnificent defensive play prevented Yale from accomplishing anything in spite of the encouraging cheers from the Yale side of the field. McClung made one weak try for a goal from the field, and just before time was called tried for a goal from a place kick at the forty yard line. He failed, and the first half ended. It was a virtual victory for Harvard. The mighty Yale centre had accomplished nothing with P. Trafford...