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Word: bettering (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1910-1919
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Yale will be represented among the leaders by Levine, Walters and Captain Overton, winner of the cross-country intercollegiates a year ago. Yale has a well balanced team that was just defeated by the University 26 to 29. The fact that they will know the course better today will give them a distinct advantage...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CORNELL FAVORED TO WIN LONG DISTANCE CONTEST | 11/25/1916 | See Source »

...drill was attempted. Horween and Minot punted well in the rain, and Casey and Robinson seemed little bothered by the slippery ball in handling kicks. The ends and linemen ran down under punts. Before leaving the field Robinson booted a few drop-kicks over from the 25-yard line. Better weather is expected tomorrow, and the field should be in good playing condition by Saturday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 77,000 To See Fight | 11/24/1916 | See Source »

...officers, but on the contrary Harvard, living up to her traditional reputation, is carefully searching for the most efficient economical method of making young men capable of leading a command. After the authorities have diverged from the well-beaten paths traversed by everyone and have found a new and better method of obtaining the common object, Harvard will be found where she was last year in the van of the preparedness movement...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE MILITARY SITUATION | 11/23/1916 | See Source »

...better furnish the collection and at the same time to represent superb examples of the Flemish art, there are a number of large and important tapestries...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LOAN EXHIBITION CONTINUES | 11/21/1916 | See Source »

...more and more towards the calculating, efficient ideal of modern business, and away from the recreative standard of true sport for sport's sake. The adoption of a progressive suggestion may mean a certain amount of sacrifice, but it is well worth while when the step tends towards better sportsmanship...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: POOR SPORTSMANSHIP | 11/21/1916 | See Source »

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