Word: acceptable
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...second half the University players broke away from their opponents and scored practically at will. At times the Amherst players passed well and worked together but the forwards failed to accept their opportunities. Snyder and Griffiths were conspicuous for aggressiveness and skill in shooting baskets, the former scoring 14 of Harvard's 22 goals from the floor. The summary: HARVARD. AMHERST. Henderson, l.f. r.f., Delabarre Murray, r.f. l.f., Beach Snyder, c. c., Storke, Crook Burnham, l.g. r.g., Anderson, Crawford Griffiths, r.g. l.g., Clough...
...Reid, Jr., '01, who has recently been in Cambridge consulting Captain Hurley in regard to the position of head coach of the football team for next year, started back to California on Saturday. He has not yet decided whether he will accept the position, but will send word in a short time after his arrival in the west...
...deserving of comment in view of the very significant fact that, notwithstanding the unprecedented avalanche of nominations by petition, the men elected were in every case those originally nominated by the committee. This conclusively proves that the deliberations of a committee are much more likely to result in acceptable nominations than the flightly decisions of individual petitions. There can be no objection to a petition in which only the names of those appear who will vote for the candidate, but this indiscriminate petitioning which is fostered by the thoughtless signing of anyone who is requested to do so, which forces...
...sometimes ask, without any note of criticism or scepticism, whether nations so uncivilized are in a state to accept Christianity. Were it not better, perhaps, to withdraw American missionaries from China, where their presence has been so unwelcome? It is only those lacking in knowledge who do not perceive the answers to both these questions. To begin with, Christianity has nowhere entered peacefully; and missionaries were not the cause of the late troubles in China, for though they did, it is true, combat the key-note of Chinese peculiarities, it was the commercial greed of alien powers and the political...
...several short gains Nichols took the ball on Harvard's 52-yard line and ran 36 yards to Carlisle's 22-yard line. Kernan ran the next play off rapidly and Hurley went through right tackle for a touchdown. Carlisle was offside on this play, but Harvard declined to accept the penalty. Kernan kicked the goal. Fraser was substituted for Parkinson. Libby ran the kick-off in to the 23-yard line, and an exchange of punts followed which gave the ball to Carlisle on the 24-yard line. McFadon was move to left guard, Parker went out, and White...