Word: drop
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Yale faculty has decided to drop the popular course in "modern novels" which has been given during the last few years by Dr. W. L. Phelps. It is the largest course in college and the reason given for its withdrawal is that it takes too much time from the classic and history courses...
...speaking of kicking, said that kicking had been neglected in past years. Cumnock was the first to recognize the importance of kicking and the victory in '91 was largely due to this. He then gave his idea of the errors which kickers are liable to, in place and drop kicking, and in punting, and in closing said that men must teach themselves, for they are so differently built that it is hard for one man to coach another in kicking...
With the close of the football season and the setting in of winter weather, athletics naturally drop to a more obscure position in University life. It is now that the less conspicuous but not less important individual training which the gymnasium affords to every member of the University, takes a more prominent place. Though the gymnasium in not quite finished its approximate completion suggests once more the great indebtedness under which the whole University rests toward Mr. Augustus Hemenway by whose generosity the usefulness of the gymnasium will be so much increased...
...Fairchild '96, of Boston, substitute fullback, prepared at Hopkinson's School. He was captain of his freshman eleven, was substitute quarterback on the 'varsity for two years and played fullback last year. He is conscientious and a good drop kicker, but is light and rather slow. Age 22, height 5 ft. 7.5 in., weight...
...Brooke will play fullback for Pennsylvania in the game tomorrow. A question was raised some time ago about his eligibility, as before entering Pennsylvania he had played two years on the eleven of another college. He is generally considered the best fullback in the country today. His punting and drop kicking are excellent. He weighs 170 pounds, is 5 ft. 10 in. in height and twenty years...