Word: latters
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Field this afternoon at 4 o'clock with an unchanged line-up. Either H. S. Russell, W. B. Rice, or E. F. Goode will pitch. All these men have proved effective in the early games. J. F. Martin will probably remain at first base. Replacing S. Smith, while the latter was out of the game with a sprained ankle, he has shown himself to be an equally good hitter, and possibly a better fielder than the regular first baseman...
...score of 8 to 0 the Crescent Athletic Club of Brooklyn, defeated the University lacrosse team in the latter's first match of the season Saturday. L. Hall '20 and J. P. McElroy '19 were the leading players for the college twelve...
...King '21, who played first base at the opening of the season, but who has been laid up for some time because of a sprained ankle, reported for practice yesterday, but will not start the game today. His place will be taken by W. B. Frothingham '21. The latter has done so well at first base during King's absence that he will not be replaced for the present...
...Ashley, of Woodland, L. Liggett ocC., and J. Gahan, of Woodland, provided the most interesting matches. Francis Ouimet, captain of the Woodland Club, and formerly national open champion, although scheduled to meet Captain R. H. Wales '19, was unable to play, his place being taken by Jesse Guilford. The latter was hard pushed by the University captain, their respective scores being 85 and 87. One of the features of the match were the exceedingly long drives made by H. S. Lake '20, which almost gave him his match over Lawrence, the Woodland player. The summary follows...
...Faculty has taken an important step which, if properly carried out, should increase the interest in scholarship at Harvard. The general examination is a much more adequate gauge of a man's knowledge of his subject than a series of tests at the end of each course. The latter are specific and detailed; a student may cram his head full of facts and pass them, but promptly forget all he has learned. College does not aim to inculcate a mass of detail which may be applied per se in after life--this is left for the technical school. The object...