Word: across
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...gymnasium, and then came a sweeping "cut", and only five Varsity and four freshman eights were launched on the Schuylkill for the first out-door practice of the season. Blustery weather and choppy water has canceled practice many a day since then, and the erection of a railroad bridge across the river about three-quarters of the way down the course has interfered very materially with the customary practice brushes...
...suggestion of the pathos of the proud old actor who really could do "straight heavy" if he only had a chance. The act goes off with a dash and follow unusual in a college production, and ends with a skilful device which leads the imagination of the audience across the gap of the entr'acte...
...learned to recognize as Mr. Sangers. The dialogue is light and rapid, and succeeds both in leading up naturally to the situations and in affording frequent provocation for song. Three of the principals--Messrs. Hodges, Freedley, and Spelman, have the distinction, rare among amateurs, of getting all their lines across the footlights, even when in competition with a graduates' night audience.F. SCHENCK...
...fleet in which Columbus discovered America, brought over from Spain for the World's Fair at Chicago in 1893. With these three caravels, the Santa Maria, Pinta, and Nina, Mr. Stephenson and his companions plan to sail down from Chicago through the drainage canal and thence down the Mississippi, across the Gulf of Mexico, through the Panama Canal, and up the Pacific Coast to San Francisco. Mr. Stephenson wrote to the South Park Commissioners of Chicago, who have charge of the three caravels, last February, for permission to take them to the Exposition and bring them back. The Associated Press...
...During the first part of the game, the playing was principally in the Harvard territory, and only the excellent work of the backfield saved the situation. The first goal was scored on a mix-up in front of the Lynn goal, when Graustein pushed the Lynn goal-tender across the line while he was holding the ball, preparatory to kicking out. A few minutes later, Johnston made a brilliant run down the field and scored a goal for Lynn. Shortly afterward, Graustein scored again, on a pass from Lowrey...