Word: chose
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Harvard won the toss and chose the north goal so that it might have the wind behind its back. Lea opened the game by kicking the ball well into Harvard's territory. Brewer caught the ball and returned it to Rosengarten who made seven yards before he was downed. On the first down Baird punted and Harvard on receiving the ball punted back to Princeton's 35 yard line...
...freshmen won the toss and chose the wind. After an exchange of punts, they carried the ball to ninety-eight's 4 yard line by short rushes through the tackles, but lost it there on downs. The sophomores then began pounding away at ninety-nine's weak centre, sending Manning and Cozzen's through the line repeatedly for gains. A minute later Dibblee caught Manning's punt and sprinted around the left end for ninety-nine's touchdown. Adams kicked the goal. Neither side came near scoring during the remainder of the half, though Dibblee made another...
After the freshman football practice yesterday the players chose W. Adams captain by a large majority vote. A. Adams was appointed captain of the second eleven. The following men were taken on the team permanently: Fairbanks, Holden, Macomber, Dibblee and Richardson...
Professor Peabody chose for his text: "Ye know how to discern the face of the heaven; but ye cannot discern the signs of the times." He said in part: The period just before us is the greatest period in the history of the world. The man who is to live during the next twenty-five years is to see greater achievements in thought than we have yet seen. Before this future stands the young man setting himself to the task of discerning the signs of the times...
...conference chose the under signed to be a board of editors for a preliminary term of one year; and empowered them to select a managing editor and to make arrangements with a publisher. The Review will be issued quarterly by the well known house of MacMillann & Company, at the subscription price of four dollars a year. Professor J. Franklin Jameson of Brown University, has been chosen managing editor...