Word: better
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...line-up and played in the brief scrimmage against the second eleven. Two touchdowns were scored by the first team, one on a blocked kick and the other on a series of rushes from the 45 yard line. The team, though composed largely of substitutes, made a much better showing than in the game with Dartmouth. There was a great deal of fumbling, however, and the linemen were still slow in charging...
...with such determination to win that the least sign of defeat will never appear,-all of which qualities the eleven showed Saturday that it did not have. There is a great lesson to be learned from the losing team; and that is what teamwork and speed will do. A better exhibition of what a team may accomplish by merely playing together has rarely been afforded...
...poor showing in stopping Dartmouth's plays. Barnard was far from a tower of strength and except for preventing his opponent from doing much harm, did little that directly influenced the final result. Mills made some much-needed gains, but was slow on the defense. Whitwell played considerably better than he has before, though he allowed far too many advances through his position. Daly ran the team with judgment and made a number of necessary tackles in dangerous situations...
...forbidding prospect of complication upon complication. The 1000 student buyers left out of this plan must, after all rely upon the honor of the 1600 to do the proper thing by them; so that the legal situation in the scheme of Mr. Ireland is on last analysis no better than in the plan voted. Under the plan voted by the meeting of November 7 there is no confusion; there is the old body, the society; there is the new body, the corporation; the position of each is defined. It would seem therefore that the plan of incorporation voted...
...that time. This story became literature in Anglo Saxon, in metrical version, certainly before the Norman conquest, and is chiefly marked by simplicity of language and Germanic or Norse tone. In conclusion he brought forth the four most probable origins of the story and the fact that few illustrate better the popular transition of the times...