Word: bettering
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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During the agitation which has been going on recently in favor of a better army and navy and for the purpose of widening the scope and field of usefulness of the summer military camps, it has been amusing to note the stand which the CRIMSON has taken. The CRIMSON is no doubt a great factor in shaping the ideas and raising the ideals of the unthinking undergraduate, but it is a question as to whether every undergraduate holds this same view. We feel that each individual has ideas of his own upon the subject, and that, on the whole, they...
Hammer-throw.--McCutcheon, Cornell; Bailey, Maine; Murphy, U. of P.; Lead better, Bowdoin; Morse, Princeton; Loughridge, Yale...
Captain E. A. H. Shepley, a former Hill School star, and first baseman of the team, is the batting better, his two base hits practically winning the Princeton 1918 game. N. Garfield, from Taft School, is the best pitcher, and will undoubtedly work the major part of Monday's game. In the Princeton 1918 game, a week ago, he held his opponents to two hits, allowing only two bases on balls, and striking out 10 of the Tiger players...
...President Lowell are strong advocates of it. Those who are opposed to the principles of the camps as well as those who favor them should not overlook this opportunity of hearing the views of their sponsors. The more the information that can be obtained on the subject, the better can the problem be solved...
...also tends to defract the waves upward so that they will pass far above the comparatively low aerials of the wireless posts and thus permit no message to be noticed. This is an objection which applies more directly to the flat and more light-colored districts which would thus better reflect the sun's heat. The third cause of difficulty in land operations is, in general, unfavorable conditions of topography. This applies more strictly to mountains which actually serve as effectual blocks to the waves. The accomplishment of making an experimental wireless laboratory, which has proven so efficient, not only...