Word: feet
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...wish to call attention through your columns to the repeated discourtesies shown to the instructor in the twelve o'clock section of English C. Scraping of feet, rattling of papers, useless and insulting laughter are participated in at each lecture, much to the discredit of all the men in the course. Cat calls are bad enough, but when it comes to putting cats themselves in the instructor's chair, the affair becomes very childish indeed. The constant disrespect shown by the members of this section is a reflection upon the class of ninety-seven and upon the University...
Wrightington played a good all-round game yesterday. He went into the line hard and low, and kept his feet well. He entered into the interference with a dash that resembled his former good work. Always when he ran with the ball it was evident that he was putting forth his best energy...
...weak point of the freshman eleven is its defensive work and the men must improve a great deal in this respect if they wish to defeat U. of P. next Saturday. The centre men allow themselves to be carried off their feet frequently and if they do get low lose all sight of the play. The tackles are continually drawn out and the opposing team makes its biggest gains through tackle and guard...
...athletic games on Saturday one of the events was a team race between Georgetown and Pennsylvania. Sterett, Silliman, Jarvis and Orton ran for Pennsylvania, and J. A. Wefers, Gallagher, Delaney and B. J. Wefers for Georgetown. Pennsylvania's last man was Orton, and he was easily beaten by 100 feet by B. J. Wefers of Georgetown...
Gonterman deserves credit for playing a plucky game with a lame leg, but his defensive work has shown little or no improvement lately. Hayes made a brilliant run once when his kick would have been blocked, dodging several men and keeping his feet remarkably well...