Word: better
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...gain or a loss. Harvard's advantage of superior weight was throughout most of the game offset by West Point's quicker starting, and harder and surer tackling. The superiority of the University team in the game as a whole came through a slight advantage in kicking, somewhat better generalship, and quickness to profit by West Point's fumbles...
...defense, on the other hand, was discouraging, especially in the first-half, when the Maine team made consistent gains through White at centre. In the second half on line held decidedly better, as the men charged lower and faster, and Barney, who replaced White, proved more effective in checking the attack...
...story the blind man was cast out by his friends for his adherence to convictions, so we may perchance become outcasts. But the moments of loneliness thus gained are the moments of illumination. Then come the visions of the soul, and God stands near to us. It is better to be with God in the wilderness than to be with the plaudits of men in the market place...
...place the cities of the English-speaking races; this side the Atlantic or the other. For life at this time and such a place, devoted to Christian service, seems the loftiest ideals for which a man of high ambition may strive. Here people have come to realize better than ever before the grandeur of the call to Christian service, and now come nearer to answering...
...debating interest in the different classes, and the quality of work done in the class clubs, but also furnishes the best connection between the intimate and correspondingly informal speaking done in the class clubs and the serious work of University speaking. The work of these class teams was rather better than usual this year, and an increase in the interest in class debating was apparent...