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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...work. Lack of spirit and bad throwing together with slow and inaccurate teamwork characterized the play. The team seems to have lost the spirit of fight which showed itself in the first part of the season and in addition to this the basket throwing of the men has deteriorated. Although the season is now nearly completed the men have failed to show improvement in any way over work of the earlier part of the season, and a decided change for the better must take place before the game with Yale on Saturday...
...Holmes Field rink yesterday afternoon. In the first game played, the Sophomores defeated the Freshmen in a hard, close contest, by the score of 2 to 0. Owing to the fact that there has been little opportunity for practice, the teamwork on both sides was poor, and the play, although hard, was very ragged. The Sophomores shot much better than their opponents, and also had the advantage of somewhat better team play...
...goals scored. He covers poorly, and during the last half of a game invariably lacks speed. On the jump-off he is first to touch the ball, and in this should be valuable tonight. Linehan, at right forward, passes well and is a fairly good shot at goal, although during the past two weeks his ability has greatly deteriorated off in this respect. His tendency is to fumble the ball and stay too close to his opponent, who thereby is able to prevent his shooting for goal. Henderson, at left forward, although handicapped by lack of weight, plays a fast...
...devoted to the various museums, some of which have entered new buildings or increased the facilities of their former quarters. The Fogg Art Museum has received valuable additions including objects of Ancient Greek and Egyptian Art and a number of examples of Turner's work. President Eliot adds: "Although the Fogg Art Museum was only finished in 1895, it is already time that the problem of enlarging it should be carefully studied, particularly with a view to obtaining ample, well lighted wall space for the exhibition of paintings and drawings...
...George Riddle '74, spoke last evening in Sanders Theatre, under the auspices of the University Debating Club, on "The Decadence of English Speech." Although, he said, the English language is, when spoken by the best speakers, a most vigorous as well as an exceedingly sweet and poetical language, it is in its usual utterance even among educated people, and especially in the United States, the most abused language in the world. For the last twenty years there has been manifest in the professions and in society a carelessness in speech and in manner of delivery which makes one ask: What...