Word: founded
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...fundamental training given Freshmen in English A seems to have proved more than a yearly round of drudgery, for only 8.5 per cent. of those reported as deficient. in English had taken English A. Naturally the majority of the men reported were undergraduates. After some investigation it was found that many had been reported to the committee on the basis of English papers and themes which had been written hurriedly in the classroom. Whether this fact should be taken into consideration or not is a question. Surely a man who has spent ten years or more in studying English grammar...
...collections of memorabilia of the stage is steadily growing. Although the collection has been in the Widener Library only a few months its reputation as a storehouse of information on the drama is bringing an increasing number of students to the Library. One of Professor Baker's students recently found it unnecessary to go to England to revise the manuscript of his history of the English stage during a certain part of the nineteenth century; the exhibition enabled him to do this in Cambridge...
...baseball team was defeated by the Yale freshmen, 4 to 0, at New Haven, yesterday afternoon. Yale batters found Felton for nine hits, as opposed to the six safeties gained by the University Freshmen, which included a pretty three-bagger by Burrill. Brainard, the Eli twirler, had little trouble in disposing of most of his opponents, and was, to a great extent, responsible for the shut-out. Brainard starred for Yale, while, for the University Freshmen. Burrill made a particularly good showing...
...defeated Leland Stanford by a score of 3 to 0 on Divinity Field yesterday afternoon, in the last match of the spring season. Captain R. N. Williams, 2d, '16 defeated Hahn, the present Pacific Coast champion, in two deuce sets, 10-8 and 7-5. G. C. Caner '17 found Johns of Stanford easier, winning in two sets...
...preacher conducting morning prayers may be found in Wadsworth 1 every morning during his term of service between 9 and 11 o'clock...