Word: better
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...your columns to call the attention of the students to a musical project which in the opinion of its promoters is of considerable import. The details of the undertaking cannot be set forth better than by quoting from the prospectus which is called "A Proposal for Music in American Colleges...
...Advocate's prose begins with some commonplace, and fortunately also common-sense, words of the editors to Freshmen. Then it rambles through Mr. Ford's "Varied Outlooks," which are so very varied that few readers will know what the author wishes them to see. It is better in Mr. Edward Sheldon's "Among Those Sailing." There are good things in the story; but the hero and heroine, probably unlike any lovers who ever lived that were worth their salt, stop in their mutual declaration of love to compare themselves with Mr. and Mrs. Browning. Mr. Rogers MacVeagh's "Anonymously Dedicated...
...Burr is becoming accustomed to the tackle position and should prove as powerful a tackle as he was a guard and it will also be possible to use him more on the offence from his new position than formerly, which may be deemed advisable later on. Pierce is physically better suited for a guard than a tackle and should have little difficulty in acquiring the finer points of the new position. The same is true of Captain Parker who has been shifted from centare to left guard...
...problem seems to be narrowing down pretty much to a question of the development of a fast, scrappy centare, a reliable right tackle and the improvement of the ends. The candidates for end are better than for several years back, but they seem to be almost uniformly show at following the ball. That there will be all varieties of the new football played on Soldiers Field this fall is already apparent from the few games played and it is safe to assume than the possibilities of the eleven will be fully developed along these lines...
...forward passes were handled better than in the game with Bowdoin last Wednesday, and fewer penalties were inflicted. The features of the game were Lockwood's two long runs, one of 45 yards and the other of 60 yards for a touchdown, and Gilbert's run of 35 yards for a touchdown. As a whole, the team's work was very promising...