Word: fairs
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...practice yesterday the team played a practice game with a team composed of part of the Dorchester Athletic Association team and part of the University second team. In two twenty-minute halves the University team scored six goals. In the first half the play showed considerable team-work and fair ability to shoot goals. In the second half in which Kernan and Macleod, who have been out of the game for some time, took part, the team-work was not so good. Examinations prevented Clothier and Carr playing...
There is good skating today on: Billings Field at West Roxbury, Gibson Play-ground at Dorchester, First Street Play-ground at South Boston, Neponset Play-ground, and Franklin Field and Soarboro Pond at Franklin Park, Boston. The condition of the ice is fair on: Wood Island Pond at East Boston, Charlestown Play-ground, North Brigton Play-ground, Boston Common and Public Gardens, and the enclosed rink of the Cambridge Skating Club, corner Mt. Auburn and Williard streets, Cambridge. Soarboro Pond at Jamaica Plain and the Charlesbank are rough. There is no skating at present on Spy Pond at Arlington...
...sensible editorial discussion of the custom of some instructors in asking unimportant questions on examinations is the only thing that justifies the current number of the Advocate. It is fair to suppose that not all the instructors who ask trivial questions on examinations are influenced solely by their desire to lessen the effectiveness of preparation by printed notes; a broader policy, however, of asking more general questions would be fairer and, as the editorial points out, should produce more lasting benefits...
...condition of the ice is fair today on: Wood Island Pond at East Boston, Gibson play-ground at Dorchester, Charlestown play-ground and Neponset play-ground. The open rink on Franklin Field is rather rough. The Boston Park Commission will commence this morning to clear off the ponds in the Boston Public Gardens and Common. There is at present no skating on Spy Pond, Jamaica Pond, or the play-grounds at North Brighton, Roslindale, and First street, in South Boston...
Although the play, particularly in the second half, was fast and hard, the team-work was poor, the men showing a tendency to play out of their positions. The shooting was only fair, and the passing lacked accuracy...