Word: games
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...majority of those sent are soccer, and not rugby balls. Neither the equipment nor the playing fields are qualified for the American game, while soccer may be played almost anywhere, and without extensive equipment. Soccer, moreover, is played by the English and the French Soldiers...
...with many other officers soon left the regiment for instructions in the ways and means of playing the game. And we've been getting it for the past couple of months in a manner that makes one itch for the actual hunting grounds. Sir, I admire, sympathize with, and love the French, but it's the British to whom I give my respect. They've got the 'spirit of the bayonet'; they've changed their easy going temperament and, taught by bitter experience, answer the cry 'Kamerad' with a short sharp jab; they're fighting mad, playing the game...
...suppose that we must read it--after the poem at the start. The second entry is something that someone wrote, but was either too tired or too wise to sign, called "On the Job." It concerns "Camp Devens" and a game of "bridge whist" and "barracks"--with all such intimate local color...
...program for the entertainment follows: 1. Russia. Pianoforte selections, Paul V. Donovan '18 2. China. (a) Shuttlecock Game, Ki Chun, M.I.T. (b) Music, Y. R. Chao 3G (c) Songs, Radcliffe. Miss Wei Tsu Neu, 3. Mexico. Revolutionary Experiences, F. Vela 1M 4. Siam. Music, C. Kajasevi 5. United States. "Kanana," Miss Ida Horblit 6. Denmark. Danish Songs, Miss Mathilde Ward, Radcliffe. 7. Cuba and United States. Dramatic play entitled, "A Game of Comedy." Fromont, a French actor, Jorge V. Manach '21 Marie, a laundress, Miss Dorothy Googins Pierre, Fromont's servant, Herman E. Wiener '20 8. Porto Rico. Pianoforte Selections...
...game was fast, despite the fact that the field was covered with snow and ice, which caused many falls. Everyone of the four goals was scored in the second half, and each one was kicked from some distance, crossing the line because the Chinese goal was unable to keep his feet and prevent it. W. L. Pyle '21, at right halfback, was the star of the Freshman aggregation, while W. L. Cummings '21, at goal, and G. N. Carpenter '21 also played well...