Word: began
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...this condition. The passing was still ragged and inaccurate, and the men frequently lost the puck by their inability to handle it cleanly. Toward the end of a ten-minute scrimmage between the regulars and team F, however, the centres, E. O. Baker '17 and G. A. Percy '18, began to work better together, often carrying the puck through the opposing defence, and were only prevented from scoring by the exceptional work of B. Wells '19, at goal for team F. The other squads had short scrimmages but it was only the work of individuals that stood out above...
...Then a few years ago the governor of New York appointed a committee for prison reform, of which I was made chairman. We began to study the situation by getting the criminal's point of view, and for this purpose I went to prison for a week...
...Then for the first time the prisoners began to believe anew. They felt that someone was interested in them, and the harrier between prisoner and the outside world was broken down...
...Starting on a modest plan in one-half of a large wooden barrack, with an equipment consisting of three rooms separated by wooden partitions, three blackboards, a small supply of paper and pencils, and fifteen textbooks, we began what later developed into a thriving school with somewhat more than 1,700 scholars, 35 teachers and 27 different courses of study. Soon after this, church services were begun in the same barrack. The Roman Catholic priest and the local Lutheran pastor were permitted to hold regular services. In connection with the church services the men organized among themselves a choir...
Harrie Holland Dadmun '17, of Arleen, leader of the University eleven, had played at left guard for two years. In prepared at Arlington High School where he began his career as a football player. After this he went to Tufts, playing on the football team...