Word: bettering
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...position of rover on the second team, but although a faster skater, is not the equal of Peacock in stick-work and shooting ability. C. D. Dickey, of Yale, is an excellent player at centre, but inferior to Curtis in both speed and stick-work, although he can better be relied upon to play his position...
...Senior class smokers will be held this year in the Union instead of in the Senior dormitories as formerly, as this plan will be less disturbing and better facilities are provided by the Union. These smokers have been a great factor in getting men acquainted with each other and one of the features of Senior life...
...better proof of the really strong undergraduate interest in matters which extend beyond the four walls of the University could be given than the petition now being circulated in favor of the confirmation of the appointment of Mr. Louis D. Brandeis, LL.B. '77, to the Supreme Court of the United States. From all outward signs it has seemed during the present year that such interest was at a low ebb. The Forums, for example, have attracted unusually few men; the topic of Preparedness alone has aroused widespread discussion and led to action. The significant feature of this petition in favor...
...Haven, Conn., Feb. 23, 1916.--Yale defeated Princeton 6 to 3 in a fast, hard contest marked by ragged team play and accurate shooting on the part of both teams. The Elis' shooting was better than it had been at any time this season. York and Cohu made seventeen stops each...
...Wylde kept the visitors working hard for their two tallies. As was the case last year, the Crimson forwards announced in keeping the great Hobey Baker well covered, and against Percy and "Ned" Baker, he had little chance to get under way. The University wings held up their positions better than in any previous contest, Taylor playing a particularly aggressive game. Percy played his best game of the season, and succeeded almost every time in checking Hobey Baker's dashes by forcing him off to the side, where the other Harvard men covered him nicely...