Word: bettering
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...glad to learn that scrub football is to be revived, at least within the Freshman squad. This form of exercise died out through lack of interest, but as the new rules are becoming better known, the lead of the Freshman class may in time be followed by the organization of a more general series--one which will prepare the way for a better quality of class football...
Lampy begins another annual attempt to earn his stipend with the very proper wish that his little harmless fun will offend no one and the knowledge that genial jokes are much better than those that hurt. The Eternal Freshman naturally appears again on every page, setting up housekeeping once more with the help of all the family, reflecting on life in general, introduced to the Dean by Mamma's thoughtful letter. The Office again has the centre of the stage, showing faces old and new. Again we are compelled to loiter By the Way and perhaps to wonder it Lampy...
...author and the editors that the third sentence should begin, "Being told, his face flushed." Contributors to the Monthly have usually been past this stage. Mr. A. W. Murdoch's dramatic sketch, "In a Park," seems to me a mistake in form. The theme would have lent itself better to treatment in a short story, where the author could, by more narrative and description, have helped the reader to visualize the scene with more ease...
...game and can pick out and remedy whatever weak points a new play may have. O. F. Cutts, tackle on Campbell's famous 1901 eleven, arrived on Saturday and will assist in the coaching from now on. His coming will be most timely, for few men are better qualified to coach tackles and guards than he, and it is this pant of the team that is at present most disordered. R. W. P. Brown '98 and T. Graydon '03 have assisted in coaching the backs, but have been unable to be present regularly. Head Coach J. Crane '90 was substitute...
...Class Day spread, better planned last year than in the previous year, when the affair was an innovation, has been continued by the 1907 officers, and promises to be most successful. Increasing experience has made the Junior Union Dance more pleasant year by year, and it is now one of the big events of the College year...