Word: forward
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...uninteresting love story, apparently intended to illustrate the ancient theme of the legend. "The Ambassador" is clever, light, and decidedly amusing. Without it the number would be a comparative failure; as it is, Mother Advocate turns into the road for a new volume with at least one good step forward...
...chief faults of the old stroke are to be found in the mode of recovery, which is to reach with hands and body before sliding forward. Partly as the cause and partly as the result of this method, was developed a hurried, laborious, jarring, recovery. The new stroke, it is hoped, will avoid these drawbacks by means of a recovery in which hands, body, and slide all shoot forward, approach full reach, and turn back as nearly in unison as possible, the body reaching forward a little farther than formerly and finishing only slightly back of the perpendicular. A generally...
...University second basketball team will play its last game of the season with the Newport Naval Reserves, at Newport, this evening at 7.45 o'clock. This will undoubtedly be the second team's hardest game on this year's schedule. The team will line up as follows: Hall, left forward: Dapping, right forward: T. H. Smith, left guard; Griffiths, right guard; Arnold, center...
...improved greatly and will have the advantage of playing on its own floor. Considering the loss of Bigelow, Randall and Grant, the showing of the University team in practice the past week, has been very encouraging. Henderson, who will take Grant's place at forward, played in several University games last season and by his ability to throw baskets, should increase the scoring powers of the team. K. Smith was also a member of last year's team. He has played a strong game at center on the second team throughout this season. Stinchfield, who will play guard...
...that the Corporation cannot accept a new building for this or any other purpose, unless such a gift is accompanied by funds, the income of which will enable the Corporation to use the building provided. Any person who contemplates giving a building to the University naturally desires to look forward to a tolerable permanence for his building. Such a building should have a monumental character and should be worthy architecturally of its noble objects; but such a character cannot be imparted to a building extensible in all directions. If, however, such a building is to stand in the College Yard...