Word: bettering
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Dartmouth Outing Club, under whose auspices the Carnival is given, has planned a better program than ever before. In addition to the outdoor events, various social and athletic functions have been arranged, including performances by the Dartmouth Dramatic Association and the Dartmouth Musical Clubs, the Carnival Ball, a supper dance, and an international hockey game with the University team of Bishop College. The Yale Basketball Team will also meet Dartmouth in Hanover at that time...
...practice the work consisted of carrying the puck down the rink singly, in pairs, and by threes and fours against Clark and Gardner, the second line of defence men. Wylde and Abbot alternated at goal, each doing good work, though Abbot was not very consistent. The passing was better than in the scrimmage, where it was inaccurate. Lombard was hit above the knee with a stick, and may be out of the game for a few days, though it is possible that the injury will not prove serious...
...Harvard is little known in South America is hardly surprising. For, conversely, few Americans have heard that Argentina has a university established twenty-three years before Harvard was in existence. Still, when our entire nation's acquaintance with Spanish America is slight, and when the University possibly ranks no better than fourth among American institutions in its southern influence, our broad considerations are backed up by some selfish desire to take the lead...
...posted in some of the dormitories, although now no longer up to date, help a little to remedy this; and it is encouraging to note that they are to be extended to the rooms of the other buildings. It may be suggested that, inasmuch as the names of the better known recent members of the University still have some currency among present undergraduates, it would be of value to keep the lists already posted up to date. For, except in the case of men who have achieved wide fame, the names of graduates of the last few years mean more...
...essential to insure punctuality. The men who board at the Commons are satisfied and approve of the system. The employment of additional students offsets the greater efficiency of professional waiters, and does not retard the service or increase running expenses. The students doing the work report that they become better acquainted with their classmates than they could by any other means. Incidentally any throwing of food or disorder which formerly existed is now conspicuous by its absence...