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Word: captaining (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1910-1919
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...former University captain has strengthened his Marine team by adding Quigley, from this year's Pennsylvania eleven, to his lineup. With Scott, the Lafayette star, Quigley and himself in the backfield, Mahan has a powerful offensive combination...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SERVICE TEAMS TO MEET | 12/3/1917 | See Source »

With genuine sorrow we say goodbye to Captain Dupont, who leaves today to take up his duties at Camp Devens. Seldom has any man more completely charmed those who came into contact with him than...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Regret Loss of Former R.O.T.C. Adviser | 12/1/1917 | See Source »

Barrett and Gerrish were the individual stars for the Navy. The former Cornell captain on tackle and end runs gained consistently against the Devens ends, while Gerrish plunged the line for long gains...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DEVENS HELD NAVAL RESERVES TO 0-0 TIE | 11/30/1917 | See Source »

...following Committee on the Regulation of Athletic Sports at the University has been appointed: Dean Briggs (chairman), Dean Yeomans, Dunham Jackson '08, Assistant Professor of Mathematics; Robert F. Herrick '90, coach of the University crews; Jeremiah Smith, Jr., '92 and George P. Gardner, Jr., '10, captain of the University track team in 1910, and later Secretary to the Corporation of Harvard College...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Athletic Committee Named | 11/30/1917 | See Source »

...Morcover, we have another month before Christmas, and a month is a long stretch of time, especially when it happens to be December. Added to that it is annoying and highly humiliating to constantly meet privates from one's company of last summer now wearing the uniform of a captain. After telling a man to cover in file for four long months it is insufferable to find him a leader of men, while you still shrick "Follow me" to a motley array on the banks of the River Charles. All of which causes gloom...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CHEER UP | 11/30/1917 | See Source »

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