Word: bettering
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...strength of the University line was at no time better shown than when Baker, the Princeton quarterback, attempted to gain through centre from a fake kick formation and was time and again stopped with maximum gains of two or three yards. As for the ends, they were not drawn in on end runs, which perhaps accounts for the fact that the backfield of which so much was expected failed to get loose. O'Brien's tackle under Felton's long punt was one of the prettiest...
...University team won through its better average speed. The long lead of Captain J. P. Jones of Cornell, who finished in 29 minutes, 17 seconds, did not count in the scoring. He was followed by three Harvard runners in second, third, and fourth places, with B. S. Carter '15 in sixth place...
...play is a presentation of the conditions which corrupt politics. The Boss becomes the spokesman of the people he represents--giving them what they want because their wants are his wants--because he is their mouthpiece, and being like them, no better and no worse, he understands them. The scene is laid in a large American city, and the conflict is between the Boss who justifies himself to himself, and his neice who sees clearly the destruction that his altruistic intentions--altruistic though they are avaricious -- precipitate. But from blaming the Boss, she comes to understand that...
...were sent in against a team composed largely of graduate coaches long enough to give each a chance to try out its plays, but not long enough for any touchdowns to be made. Brickley tried two unsuccessful drops from the 35-yard line, while Milholland succeeded better and kicked a goal from the 25-yard line. Hollister tried a drop which failed. These were the only features of the scrimmage...
...found in or about the building and to become mutually interested in all the details of one another's studies and lives, without the necessity of a formal introduction or of an apology for introducing one's self should be the first, every-day rule of membership. Then, the better to cultivate this general sociability there should be one evening of each week during which the entire building should be used for Social Entertainments wherein all the instructors, officers, and alumni as well as students of the University should heartily participate. Such was the forecast of our venerable Dr. Walker...