Word: better
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...arouse an interest among educational philanthropists to start a non-sectarian educational movement in India for the purpose of giving the 50,000,000 children of the country a training in the manual arts. There is so much illiteracy among the working people that it is impossible to better their mental condition. Mr. Dharmapala therefore, desires to regenerate these people by educating the children in elementary science and by reviving the forgotten ancient arts. He has already sent many ploughs and other farming implements to start the proposed school...
...punting, Mitchell out-classed LeMoyne; the former's kicks were from five to fifteen yards longer than LeMoyne's, and were invariably higher and carried better. LeMoyne's poor showing in punting was largely due to Parkinson's erratic passing. A synopsis of the ground gained by the two teams shows bow large a part punting played in Yale's victory. Although Harvard gained by straight rushing 130 yards more than Yale, Yale on punting gained 230 yards more than Harvard...
...stories are better. In "The Elixir" O. Bates has a weird idea, which he handles with rapidity and effect. H. Hagedorn's story is interesting, and would have deserved more space if the author had been ambitious to tell us more of the internal processes of the mind of the villain...
...proof-reading should be better...
...Yale team and substitutes, twenty-two men in all, arrived at Woodland Park Hotel, Auburndale, yesterday evening. All the men with the exception of Bloomer are in good condition and are in better shape even than they were last year at this time. Bloomer has a badly sprained foot and it is very improbable that he will be able to play at all. There is, however, no truth in the report that Shevlin is laid up; he is almost recovered from his slight muscle bruise...