Word: lee
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Gore--Ends, Atamian and Whittemore; Tackles, Emigh and Pettee; Guards, Canfield and Remick; Center, Freedman; Quarterback Bell; Halfbacks, Lee-and Gray; Fullback, Nelson...
...autumn of 1865, five months after General Lee's surrender and Lincoln's assassination, that a not-very-prosperous school teacher from upstate New York packed his valise, boarded a train for Manhattan. The townsfolk of Clinton said Elihu Root would make a name for himself- was he not the son of a mathematics professor; was he not valedictorian of his graduating class at Hamilton College at the age of 19? Within a few years, he organized a law partnership of his own. Some people called Mr. Root a "crook lawyer." Mr. Root was not a crook...
...legend to the effect that Coach Roper can make a good team out of anything-excepting good material. Rarely have Princeton prospects looked brighter than this year. Rarely has a seasoned team played sloppier football than, two weeks ago, Princeton played against Amherst, and last week against Washington and Lee. The Virginians, superior in every department except kicking, held Roper's lettermen...
...John Brown, white man from "Bleeding Kansas," felt that he was destined to free Negro slaves. He must have a citadel. So, with only 18 men, he captured the U. S. arsenal at Harper's Ferry, Va., and was in turn captured by Robert E. Lee. John Brown was hanged. Fifteen hundred soldiers stood by to prevent disorder. Abolitionists called him a martyr; Southerners, a murderous fanatic. The gap in the Union widened...
Princeton will entertain the Navy eleven in the Palmer Stadium, and the future Admirals from Annapolis always contrive to give the Tiger a busy afternoon. Princeton got quite a scare last week when the plucky team from Washington and Lee battled her to a 7 to 7 tie, and very nearly won the game in the last two plays on two long forward passes. The Generals outrushed the Orange and Black by 13 first downs to 10, and showed the coaches that their team needed considerable work to tune it up for the later encounters. Loose handling of the ball...