Word: broken
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...some time Wednesday night, or early yesterday morning, the Semitic Museum was broken into by an unknown person who made an unsuccessful attempt to gain access to the exhibition room on the third floor. Entrance was effected by breaking a window on the east side of the southeast room on the ground floor, and the person was apparently injured by the broken glass, for blood stains were left on the window sill and the floor. He apparently went into the hall from the room where he entered the building, and went immediately to the third floor where he tried...
...Riddle gave many illustrations of the common errors in pronunciation and enunciation and in oratorical and the atrical delivery. While in subject-matter public speakers have broken loose from the conventional, in manner of speaking there has been very little progress. In the desire to be colloquial, speakers have become too familiar with their audiences and have failed to realize that careful training is requisite for simple, and convincingly effective public speaking...
...team, its playing was by no means brilliant. Princeton's unusually weak and inaccurate shooting lost many chances for goals and did not test Harvard's defense. On the other hand Harvard's forwards played with great speed and endurance, and at times showed excellent passing and rushing through broken fields. When near the Princeton goal, however, the men were over anxious and lost good chances to score; and when on the defensive there was entirely too much carelessness for safety...
...houses on the left side of Wall street has been torn down to make way for the new Sheffield dormitory given by Mr. Vanderbilt. Ground has also been broken for Kirtland Hall and work is going forward on the foundations...
...bouts for the interclass fencing championship will be held tonight at 7.30 o'clock on the floor of the Gymnasium. 1903 will fence 1904, and 1905 will fence 1906. H. W. Holmes will take J. Bryant's place on the Senior team, as the latter was injured by a broken foil on Monday afternoon...