Word: better
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...extracts from themes have not only an interest of originality, but they serve better than a concocted model to express the point at issue. This freedom, this off-hand manner, is the book's greatest charm, and one that will attract even the casual reader. As a guide for teachers no work could be more desirable; for it strives to suggest rather than to urge the system it describes. A wide use of this book in preparatory schools ought to result shortly in a much higher standard of writing among Freshmen in general and among those who anticipate English...
...tomorrow night. Only four regular members of the team were in the line-up and the work as a whole was ragged. A game was played with the Sophomores, in the first half of which the defense players of the two teams were interchanged, thus giving the University backs better practice than they would otherwise have had. In the second half, with the teams playing in their correct positions, the University made five goals and the Sophomores two. The poor quality of ice made good playing difficult...
...Harvard Club of New York is now raising funds for a large extension of its present quarters which, when finished, will make the Club more nearly complete and better adapted to the needs of its members. The present building on 44th street has for some time been too small for the constantly increasing membership...
...necessary amount has been subscribed and the rest of the money will doubtless be obtained before April 1, when the conveyance of the property becomes possible. The new building, for which definite plans will soon be prepared, will have increased dining room facilities, a larger and better ventilated meeting room, and more extensive and comfortable general rooms...
Professor B. O. Peirce, who has not been well for over a year, returned from Europe about a month ago and is staying at Beverly, Mass. He is feeling better for the trip, and expects to resume his duties at the University next fall...