Word: drop
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Realizing that the drop-kick will probably be of much need to the Harvard team in the coming games, the coaching staff is developing this method of scoring for more efficient and more frequent use. Late yesterday afternoon a team composed of University players and substitutes, lined up against the seconds for twenty minutes, in order to allow Brickley and Logan to test their drop-kicks. Brickley booted the ball from the 35-yard line straight over the bar five times out of seven attempts. Logan's attempts were not so successful, as he scored only one out of five...
...feet exclusive of the stage. Inclusive of the large apron, the stage dimensions are about 29 feet by 33 feet, and under the stage floor are stored sliding platforms which can be drawn out to add even more space for the larger musical organizations. There is a drop at about mid-depth of the stage that can be let down when the extra space is not desired. In the north side of the stage is the space for the pipe organ...
...found the defence of its own line too powerful, and could not gain consistently, once being held for downs on the 1-yard line. The opponents--the team with the first string line--did not even do as well as this, their only chances to score coming on attempted drop-kicks from behind the 40-yard line...
...carried it over. The University met the Freshmen with a line-up composed largely of substitutes, so that 1917 was not forced to withstand her full strength. The University took the ball at midfield and carried it over by a long series of plunges, Bettle crossing the line. The drop-kick, which would have gone wide had it not been steered over the goal by bouncing from a Freshman's back, was made by Mahan from about the 20-yard line...
Today is the last day on which College students may drop courses beginning in the first half-year without liability for additional course fees. Courses may be changed this week, provided the student desiring to make the change presents a petition which is granted, and pays a fee of $5. Petitions must be handed in at the office of the Committee on the Choice of Electives, University 9, before 1 P. M. No courses chosen last May and beginning in the first half-year may be changed unless for some important reason...