Word: better
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...University strength test competition. Returns from other colleges show that Harvard has lost the championship, which she held last year, to Columbia, who has a total of 59,489.4 for the fifty tests, or 5,813.4 points more than Harvard, who now holds second place. Columbia won on a better average of medium records, her best man standing fifth in the intercollegiate list. Minnesota won third place with 52,489.3 points; Amherst s fourth with 49,953.5, and Wesleyan fifth with...
...Fitzpatrick turned his attention partly to disproving the statement of the affirmative, that colonies are essential to the welfare of France. Though it is true that France needs additional strength to establish the equilibrium of power in Europe, this can be secured better by a purely defensive alliance than by such a one as is proposed by the affirmative, or by additional colonies...
...yards dash will bring together Haigh of Harvard and Boardman of Yale. The latter has the better record and greater experience and should win handily. Clerk of Harvard should secure third place, though Richards and Gleason may be counted on to finish well...
...Harvard" was brought back Wednesday from Lawley's shipyard, where a protecting plate was fixed over the engineer's steering wheel, to prevent further accidents from obstacles catching in the spokes. A leak in the condenser was also repaired, and it is thought that the launch will now make better speed...
...play with as much snap as was shown a week ago. Both of the errors were on easy chances and each cost a run. Stillman's work in the box was not nearly so good as that of Kernan last Saturday. In base-running the men showed better judgment than in the previous games, and the fault of over-running seems to have been corrected. Devens batted well, but did not have a chance in the field...