Word: betterment
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...will pitch. All these men have proved effective in the early games. J. F. Martin will probably remain at first base. Replacing S. Smith, while the latter was out of the game with a sprained ankle, he has shown himself to be an equally good hitter, and possibly a better fielder than the regular first baseman...
...dropped and consider. It is too easy to shriek accusations at the box score in the Sunday papers, and to criticize over a dinner table. Few men stop to think that it is the undergraduate body as a whole that is responsible for a team; if a better nine cannot be produced it is because the College has not the collective ability to furnish it, and to back it. And to back it! There lies the root of the present trouble...
...forth--are to be formed from a nucleus of regulars in case of emergency. Are the lessons of the recent war forgotten? The Regular Army took five months to "expand" and to whip recruits into shape. But human nature is ever optimistic. Next time we hope we will do better...
Today the Loan is two-thirds over and with but a week to go scarcely half of the University total of $90,000 has been collected. Thus far 1920 has given only one-fourth of its quota. The Freshman class, likewise, is lagging for behind, doing no better than the Juniors. The Sophomores, on the other hand, are three days ahead of their schedule, while the Seniors filled their quota two days...
...Chapel would be increased. Although opposed to compulsory attendance, Dr. Forthingham expressed the desire that arrangements similar to those at the University of Chicago be made here. At Chicago, each class goes to chapel en masse one day each week, and, although the attendance remain voluntary, it brings much better result than the system at the University...