Word: freshmen
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...first game for the class football championship will be played at 4 o'clock this afternoon on Soldiers Field, between the Seniors and Juniors. On Monday the Sophomores play the Freshmen, the winners playing the winners of today, next Thursday for the championship...
...speeches were made by J. A. Burgess, coach O. F. Cooper 3L. and Captain F. K. Leatherbee. It was decided that tomorrow the whole class should meet at the Union at 1.15 o'clock and march, headed by a band, to Soldiers Field to the game with the Yale freshmen. The class is also expected to be at the field by 3.30 o'clock this afternoon to cheer the team at its last practice...
...Freshman team had no scrimmage yesterday and will not today. As the men are now all in first class condition, Coach Cooper does not care to risk the chance of injury before the game with the Yale freshmen tomorrow. Signal practice yesterday was encouraging, the backs having developed a speed and accuracy that was entirely lacking earlier in the season. The line too was quick and followed the plays much better than usual...
...neither serious nor funny. The "Freshman Reception" does not quite come off. Successful caricature should result in characterization; it should remain essentially true, for its exaggeration is only for the sake of emphasis. But the sketch, though only a farce, is nevertheless amusing. In the present number the Freshmen have overshadowed the Faculty. The lines entitled, "Thou Victim of Insomnia," are more clever than kindly...
Class squads will immediately be formed, and captains appointed in preparation for the class games which will take place this year earlier than usual, owing to the long season. The dates for the class games are: November 30, Freshmen vs. Sophomores; December 1, Juniors vs. Seniors; December 2, final game for championship. Cups, as usual, will be awarded to the winning team...