Word: enough
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...chance to play once game he plays another. He has been brought up in schools where play is a part of the education. Every boy at Eton, Harrow, Rugby, Winchester and Westminster is compelled to play something. If he is as small as young Nehemiah and has not push enough and enterprise to set him self at work there are tutors whose business it is to teach him some game and see that he plays it. He is not led away to be stuffed with botany, geology, astronomy or metaphysics, but a cricket bat, a tennis racket, a football...
...quarter of the men at Oxford row or teach the novices to row. Four or five hundred of them go to the river every afternoon although the Isis is hardly wide enough for a good throw with a cat and hardly deep enough to drown her. Let no Anglophobia persuade us to despise a good game because it is English. We ought to be willing to learn of the Patagonians if they can teach us. There are hundreds of men in our dear University who are tired of the fun of watching star players. How did Theodore Roosevelt take...
...membership of the Union is certainly much lower than it should be, and this can only point to one thing: namely, that there is not enough interest in the Union to draw people to it. There are many small interest but no one big event or interest which appeals to the College as a whole. Now why would not a Union dance supply this want? The Living Room is an ideal place to hold such an occasion, as the floor is good and there is plenty of room. The College could give the dance alone or each class could give...
Underwood, at forward, is quick in his floor work but is still erratic in throwing easy baskets. Murray, although looked upon as a promising man for forward, does not as yet assist enough in advancing the ball. At centre, Snyder is strong both on the offensive and defensive, but at times he allows his opponent to break away. Of the guards, Griffiths is the more experienced both in defensive work and in shooting. Burnham, at the other guard position, plays well on the defense when the ball changes hands. His shooting is weak, however, and he fouls frequently...
...done towards filling in and making serviceable the undeveloped land on Soldiers Field. The low ground between the shooting-box and the gate opposite the University boathouse has already been covered with cinders and in the spring will be ready for leveling and planting. This tract will be large enough to accommodate a new baseball field and should be ready for use in the fall...