Word: grounded
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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During the last ten days the installation in University buildings of the remainder of the 50 new Badger fire extinguishers was completed. The work of putting new rope fire-escapes of the Small pattern in each bedroom above the ground floor of dormitories owned by the University has also progressed steadily, and only Gannett House, Walter Hastings, and Foxcrolt remain to be supplied...
...result of old conditions, and the colleges have had to adapt themselves to new conditions almost against their will. Mention has already been made of the inevitable trend of education towards election. The field of valuable knowledge is so broad that no man can traverse the whole ground. Choice must be made. Who shall make it? We are compelled to answer: Let the college man choose for himself; let him consider his own tastes, the demands of his own after life. If we deny this and seek for a consensus of educated opinion as to what the college should prescribe...
...association football game with the Boys' Club of New York, scheduled to be played on Soldiers field this afternoon, has been cancelled on account of the bad condition of the ground...
...should like to call attention to the possibility, under existing conditions of an appalling loss of life in case of fire in Sever Hall. There are no fire-escapes, and there is only one stairway leading to the ground floor. If a fire were to get started up this stairway during a recitation hour, several hundred men would probably be compelled to jump from the second or third story windows. The ladders of the College fire apparatus are quite inadequate for dealing with such large numbers...
...work of the infielders has consisted of practice in fielding easy ground balls, executing double plays and practice in running and sliding between bases, in which the catchers were practiced in throwing to second base. In fielding the work has fallen off. The men have hurried too much in handling the ball and considerable fumbling has resulted. In throwing, which has been unsatisfactory, the men have shown a tendency to throw while off their balance. The double play practice showed an improvement in catching the runner, although the basemen still seemed nervous and hurried in their throws. There has also...