Word: compact
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...school committee should have no more than ten members; preferably less than that number. Such a small board would be an efficient and compact body, with a sufficient variety of opinion, with added effectiveness for executive work and the working out of sound policies. The schools should not be representative of sectional interests, but should have as their unit, areas larger than Cambridge or than Boston, such as the metropolitan district, which forms a unit for the park and sewerage system, and should be unified for other purposes. The members of the board should be experts, as is the case...
...importance. Of the undergraduate articles, the essay on "Clever Modern Fiction" shows good sense of proportion and some felicities of phrasing; that on "Johnson and Addison" is clear and sound. The story "Don Decarnez" has atmosphere, though the ending is abrupt. Of the two poems the little "Requiem" is compact, well phrased and fresh in thought...
Stillman began the second half by running in Maine's kick-off for thirty yards behind compact interference. His punt was soon followed by a fumble by Bearse, and Barnard secured the ball on Maine's thirty-six yard line. Piper's gain of thirteen yards around right end was offset by a ten yard penalty for offside play, and Marshall tried another goal from the field from the forty yard line. The direction was slightly inaccurate, and the ball passed several feet to the left of the post. Little was lost by the attempt, however, as after the kick...
...usual, the punting practice was conspicuous for fumbling and misjudging distances. Only one or two balls were caught fairly on the fly. The backs were drilled separately in starting with the snap of the ball and in forming quickly a compact interference. A large squad of former players helped coach the men. Among them were: J. Dunlop '96, R. Brown '98, B. G. Waters '94, J. Cranston '91, G. W. Bouve '98, O. F. Cutts 3L., W. G. Lee 3M., W. H. Lewis '95, and F. S. Newell...
...week the University football team yesterday gave indications that it had profited slightly by the coaching it has received. In the line-up against the second eleven, both the line men and the backs played better than they have for some time and by starting quickly and forming compact interference the team scored two touchdowns within eight minutes...