Word: cleverer
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Sophomores won the debate by good team work and clever rebuttal, the speaking of Bowers being particularly effective. Bowker made by far the best presentation for the Freshmen and easily carried off the honors of the evening on general form...
...idea of ranging the nines as far as possible in order of excellence and constituting what reminds one of a spelling class contest, is a clever one. Under such an arrangement if any team retires after the series has begun, each of the others will simply move up a peg and the competition will continue as before. Moreover, the plan is so novel that it promises to prove an attraction in itself, and so help to make the series popular and increase its usefulness as a training school...
...game was for the most part loose and erratic. Laughlin, Clark and Haughton all did fair work, but McCornick who was again tried at first was accountable for several costly errors. Behind the bat, Pote was decidedly off in his throwing, but on the other hand did some clever work in handling thrown balls. He also showed up well in the batting, getting two of the 'Varsity's six hits. Rand made one pretty hit for three bases over Davis's head in right, probably the longest hit made on Holmes Field this season...
...College nine, Reid, who was substituted for Davis in the sixth inning, proved to be a good back-stop and a clever man on throwing to bases. With the exception of a change in pitchers, the make-up of the 'Varsity remained the same throughout the game. On the College nine, however, there was a pretty general change in all of the positions. Hayes began by pitching and for the first three innings was very effective, but nine men coming to the bat during that time. Later on he weakened somewhat and became a little wild at times. Blake...
...site for Brooks House. The illustrations in the number are good, the centre page showing what the College Yard would resemble in case the Memorial Society should placard every interesting historical site with a memorial stone. "The Gypsy Moths," a take off on Flandrau's "Butterflies" is rather clever, though the general tendency of these stories is to make a ridiculous combination of words take the place of a real parody on ideas...