Word: better
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...shorter stories seem the better. "Our Visitors" and "Epitaph on a Maid-of-all-work" by H. W. Longfellow are especially good, "To a Drop of Fresh Pond Water" by Curtis Guild, Jr., '81, and "The Maiden's Gambit" by F. J. Stimson '76, show no signs of age except in the appended dates of their respective authors...
...Melrose High School by a score of 29 to 22. The Freshman team played a fast game and showed good team work, but the shooting for goals from the strange floor was less accurate than it has been in the games played heretofore. The Melrose team showed better endurance than the Freshmen and won the game by a rapid succession of goals in the second half...
...doubtful criterion of speed, as it was impossible for the large field of competitors to run a fair race on the narrow track. In the 600-yard handicap M. W. Long of Columbia was practically crowded out by the slow men in front of him and could do no better than second place, J. M. Burke of Holy Cross winning in 1m. 18 4-5s. D. W. Franchot of Yale was much faster than his opponents in the 1000-yard run, but because of the crowd he won by only a few feet. The time...
...game will probably be a close one, though the Freshmen have had more practice together, and consequently show better team work...
Each team showed a fairly good defense when playing against the wind, but the attack was generally very ragged. The Seniors played the more aggressive game, and showed better spirit in following the play closely...