Word: better
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...were put on probation before the games with Yale. The responsibility for the loss of the Yale games is due in a large measure to those men, who, in failing to fulfil their College duties, failed also in their duty to their class. It would have been much better if such men had not come out at all, because the time spent in coaching them was a dead loss...
...Freshman squad teams played their first practice game yesterday afternoon. Both teams of squad A won their games, chiefly through superior quickness in starting. The squads were divided evenly, and if anything, B has the better material; but squad A was snappier and did more aggressive playing...
...punting contest was the hardest to decide, as none of the results were satisfactory for distance. Five or six men made an average of twenty-five yards, but Ristine won through better speed and form. The drop kicking was decided principally on speed and accuracy. Taylor made three fair goals at a difficult angle from the twenty-five yard line, and was awarded the prize. The place kicking contest was decided solely on accuracy, Rainsford being the only contestant to get three goals from the twenty-five yard line...
...qualified to direct consolidated work must not be the kind of a man a professor was at one time supposed to be--entirely above mundane affairs-- he must have a technical knowledge to start with. A man must be able to say he can do something better than anybody else. In the United States we shall enjoy an advantage in science as we already do in commerce, if we take advantage of our opportunities...
...strain on one set of nerves and muscles, in such sports as running, at least; a fact which results in staleness long before the body as a whole reaches its highest condition. "Still," he continues, "as far as results are concerned our methods, taken by and large, are undoubtedly better. Mr. Horan, president of the Cambridge team that ran against Yale in 1895, made a careful study of American training. He told me that our superiority was unquestionable, but that it seemed to him hardly worth the cost...