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Word: better (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1900-1909
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...season and it is pleasing to have this string of defeats broken. Not that it is particularly discouraging when a Freshman team loses its first game after it has only been formed a few days and is pitted against school teams much further advanced; it is much better, however, if they can win under these circumstances and we congratulate the 1912 team...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 1912 TEAM STARTS WELL. | 10/12/1908 | See Source »

...during the season was a failure because of the fact that no song of lasting qualities was produced. The old songs were used again acceptably, and in fact the comment was not infrequently heard that the more the old songs were used to the exclusion of the new the better the singers as well as the listeners were satisfied. But this does not contradict the presumption that had a new song been written last year with the necessary vitality of rhythm adaptable to a large chorus it would have been taken up with an enthusiasm which the old stand...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A NEW SONG NEEDED. | 10/10/1908 | See Source »

...become the custom to start the cheering and singing in the Stadium at the Williams game. This afternoon a section will be reserved for holders of H. A. A. tickets and undergraduate holders of season tickets. The more men in this section today the better will be the results. It has been aptly suggested that, in the light of the new rule granting fifteen minutes intermission between the halves instead of ten, more singing should be done. It appears that plenty of time has been provided--the only other need is plenty...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FIRST CHEERING SECTION. | 10/10/1908 | See Source »

Coach Schrubb emphasized the importance of hard training in the beginning. A man who trains four days a week from the very first is in far better condition for a race than the man who trains two days a week at the start, and every day the final week. Steady work and strict training are what bring success...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Cross-Country Work Begins | 10/6/1908 | See Source »

...attendant's desk in the reading room has been moved, making it more convenient of access and affording a far better supervision of the room...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Improvements in College Library | 10/5/1908 | See Source »

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