Word: hand
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...first half the ball stayed well into the middle of the field, neither side gaining any distinct advantage. Finally Trafford kicked and Dunlop made a fumble of the catch. Hallowell, in old time fashion, was on hand to pick it up and make the touchdown and Harding kicked the goal, making the score 6-0 in favor of the graduates...
...number of men in other departments who would be glad of such a recommendation is very great, and there is no reason why help should be given French tutors more than others. The whole system of tutoring can be brought much nearer college life if it is taken in hand by the authorities and made a recognized factor of the work here...
...around the tellers' or the chairman's desks. All ballots will be preserved systematically, in case an appeal should be made for a recount. Only those requirements have been adopted which fairness to the class seemed to demand, and strict conformance to the rules will expedite the business in hand, and in the end prove to everybody's good...
...having Courtney as coach for the 'varsity next spring must be abandoned. The alumni of Cornell were thoroughly aroused over the idea of his withdrawal, and when he actually came here this fall to coach Captain Davis, they protested so strongly that the naval officers took the affair in hand. A call for funds was made and such liberal response received that they have enough money on hand to pay Courtney an increased salary for the coming year, and enough pledged to keep him three years more. The outcome is that Courtney has written a refusal to all other offers...
...trouble is not confined to the field work. There is the same irregularity of attendance which seems to dominate all the class football work this fall. One day twenty-five men will appear, and the next day only ten may be on hand. This is more dispiriting to a captain and a coacher than actual misplay when the men are out, for poor material is one step better than no material at all. It is marvellous with what equanimity a freshman team will persist in its childishness when all the football men in college are talking about it and frowning...