Word: fallen
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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With the departure of the crew for Red Top the final stage of preparation for the Yale race has begun. It cannot be denied that an unusual amount of hard luck has fallen to the lot of the crew authorities this year. Sickness, bad weather, and the difficulty of choosing the best men for certain positions, have all had their share in postponing the final selection of an eight. The Columbia race was unsatisfactory, but in the contest on Lake Cayuga, handicapped though they were, the men showed what they could do on an unfamiliar course, and under adverse conditions...
...Faulkner '09 has been definitely chosen to row number 3 in the race against Columbia on Saturday. W.R. Severance '09, who rowed there until last Saturday, has fallen off somewhat in weight recently, and will be given a rest until Monday...
...yesterday afternoon on the Freshman diamond by the score of 2 to 1. the game was fast from start to finish and was exceedingly well played, in spite of the roughness of the ground. A strong wind blew against the batters and spoiled many balls that would ordinarily have fallen safe. Three pitchers were used on each team and they all did well. Team B did better fielding with two errors against three for team A, but one of the two was a bad overthrow which resulted in the winning...
Agricultural labor was paid very little in the early Middle Ages, but as its necessity increased, and as the tools were poor, it became dearer. In the time of Louis XVI, however, the land was at its highest period of cultivation, while the condition of the laborer had fallen to a very low state. The history of property shows the economical forces which make human combinations necessary; through its development labor organizations have been materially affected...
...Jimmy; but the letter has already done its work and Vanderventer Parks, the father of Frances Parks, "Jimmy's" flancee, is almost ruined by the consequent drop of the stock in his company. At this discovery the hero at once writes another letter, booming the stock which formerly had fallen so low, and again signs the initials which are at once his own and the millionaire's. The last letter to the paper has the effect of making Vanderventer Parks, a rich man, and of winning Frances Parks for "Jimmy...