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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...improved and developed. Captain Burr's injury, although coming in time to give the coaches a chance to train other men for his position, was nevertheless the most unfortunate thing that could have happened to the team. Burr was not only the backbone of the line, but it was due to his punting ability that Harvard had an advantage over nearly all its opponents. The rest of the men are in the best possible condition; and the eleven, as a whole, is at the highest point in its development...
...Freshmen's line-up was changed in the second half and the Sophomores were able to gain more consistently, but could not score. The ball changed hands frequently, due to fumbles. In the last few minutes of play, the Freshmen blocked a kick, and Tobey ran 30 yards but was stopped by Dick on the three-yard line. Time was then called...
...very point of exhaustion. There could be no more striking comparison than that between the athletic sports in the University in 1869 and at the present day. Then there was only one real sport; rowing and baseball were crude and undeveloped. The great changes that have come about are due to the kindness of our graduates, and especially of one of them, Major Higginson. The next president of the University will have an opportunity to improve the existing conditions still further
...play deals with the attempt of a European diplomat of Jewish birth to unite his people and lead them back to Palestine. He is hampered by lack of money, due to the indifference of the rich Jewish bankers and the petty dissensions among his followers, who at the end, defeat him and his cause. Lack of funds compels him to abandon his pro- jected colony in Palestine and turn to the more accessible land of Africa. His followers, however, refuse to accept any substitution for the Promised Land, and at the very moment of his supposed triumph, turn against...
...offices, to its present vast expense with 63,000 offices in ever part of the country. The expenses in 1907 were $178,000,000.00 and they are increasing each year. The rural postal system was first established in 1896 and has increased immensely in the last ten years. Due to this, the vast bulk of the people have become better informed on daily topics...