Word: courtly
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Sulloway '05 won the College championship yesterday afternoon, defeating J.M. Morse '07, 6-2, 6-2, 6-2. Although defeated by straight sets, Morse fought hard throughout the match. Neither man rushed to not much and long rallies were frequent. Sulloway's steadiness, well placed drives and cross court shots were very effective...
...Smither '06, 9-7, 8-6, 6-3, in the semi-final round of the tournament for the College tennis Championship. The men very evenly matched, and Sulloway won by his superior steadiness. Smither lobbed well at times, but was unable to return many of Sulloway's cross-court shorts. Sulloway also passed him at the net many times by accurate drives from the back line...
Professor W. Z. Ripley will be the presiding officer, and the judges will be Professor J. W. Jenks of Cornell, Hon. A. L. Brown, judge of the United States District Court, and Hon. Edgar Aldrich, judge of the United States District Court of Appeals...
...between capital and labor, and the like, the great lawyers have almost invariably tried to influence legislation in favor of wealthy corporations, and against the people. They justify their action on the ground that they are only attempting to present one side of the question, just as in a court of law, and are leaving the legislatures to decide between them and their opponents. But, as the lecturer pointed out, whereas the wealthy corporations are always ably represented, the public seldom has an efficient spokesman...
...that the part of DeTrop required, and his songs "Soldiers of Fortune" and "Gascony" gave life even to the well-trained chorus. "Alfred Dante Petrarch," "Castles in Spain," and "Araby" were sung with good enunciation and graceful action by W. P. Sawyer '05, as the court poet. Lack of opportunities limited the otherwise effective work of S. C. Adams '05 and C. S. Bird...