Word: former
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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From the very beginning the aim of inventors has been to arise in a machine which is heavier than air. There were two kinds of these machines, one like a bird, with wings to flap, and the other like a kite. The former has turned out to be worthless, but the latter has been developed into the aeroplane. The first attempt to fly in one of these machines was made in 1894 with little success. Not until almost the beginning of this century when Langley, Chanute, and the Wright brothers turned their attention to this invention was anything like success...
Yesterday afternoon numerous changes were made in the line-up of the University football team. P. Withington, who has been playing regular centre, was moved to his last year's position at guard; Rogers, who has been in the backfield squad, was given a trial at end, his former position; and Perkins was moved to centre to take Withington's place. Captain Fish, Corbett, and P. D. Smith were all on the field but did not take part in the scrimmage. Hooper and L. Withington played the tackle positions in the absence of the regulars, Fish and McKay...
...boathouses for the first day's work. The Weld, Thayer, and Mr. Auburn street crews were the only ones which went out from the Newell boathouse and of these Thayer showed the best form. The material at the Newell boathouse yesterday seemed to be far inferior to that of former years. First and second crews from Randolph-Ridgely-Russell, four scrub crews, and one crew from Claverly rowed from the Weld boathouse. Claverly was easily better than the others in from and promises to be up to the high standard which Claverly crews have always maintained since dormitory rowing...
...first and second ended with the score 5 to 0 in favor of the first team. The second, however, held their opponents for downs twice, and made numerous gains. Galatti was tried at halfback, shifting from his regular position of quarter. Long and Rogers showed up strongly, the former making the touchdown...
...College students are amateurs, not professionals." Or, as President Hadley is fond of putting it, "The ideal college education seems to me to be one where a student learns things that the is not going to use in after life, by methods that he is going to use. The former element gives the breadth, the latter element gives the training...