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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Hanavan, captain and right guard, plays a fast and untiring game. But his too great eagerness to get into every play has not infrequently tended to break up team play. His shooting for goals is more accurate than that of any other man on the team. Bigelow, who will play left guard in place of Fosdick, who is ill plays a hard game. His tendency to hold his opponents, however, costs his team frequent penalties for fouls. He covers his opponent well and is effective in blocking attempted shots for goals. Fumbling the ball and lack of speed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BASKETBALL WITH CORNELL. | 2/21/1903 | See Source »

...upon the professional careers or the business career. It has expressed its preference for the age of eighteen as the age for entering college, and its conviction that boys can be well prepared for college by that age, and it has made it possible for any diligent student to get the degree...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE PRESIDENT'S REPORT. | 2/10/1903 | See Source »

...afternoon hours, with the purpose of making these hours more popular. A third plan is to have an 8 o'clock hour, hold Chapel at 9 o'clock and then arrange the courses on from 9.30 o'clock. Aside from the objection that it might be difficult to get men to attend an 8 o'clock lecture, this last plan is opposed by those interested in the Chapel, who object to having the service placed between recitation hours...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Discussion of Tabular View. | 2/5/1903 | See Source »

Practice for candidates for the water polo, diving, and relay swimming teams will for the present, be held in the Craigie tank on Monday, Wednesday and Friday evenings between 9 and 10 o'clock. The work will consist principally of light practice for the purpose of getting the men accustomed to the water. Efforts are now being made to get the use of the Dunster tank, where a large squad can be more easily handled, but as yet no definite arrangement has been concluded. Men who wish to try for the teams, but who are unable to come out during...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Plans for Swimming Teams | 2/3/1903 | See Source »

...Harvard forwards for the most part played well together and showed improvement in shooting and following back toward Columbia's goal. By their good work in the latter respect, Columbia was seldom able to get well advanced toward the Harvard goal. The defense, too, proved in general more formidable than heretofore, with the possible exception of Clothier, who did not cover his position as well as usual...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HARVARD WINS AT HOCKEY | 2/2/1903 | See Source »

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