Word: low
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Yale retains seven of her last year's nine, but loses two of her best batsmen. Of those who remain, judging from last year's record, only two can be considered strong at the bat, the remainder having attained very low averages. It is probable, however, that the fielding of the nine will be good...
...inter-collegiate contests. C. F. Odell, '86, is the mainstay of Yale's hopes in the 220 yards dash. Odell has always been a fast sprinter since his extrance to college, three and a half years ago, but he seems to have got his time just so low, and now can't lower it. If he wants to win at the games he must get to lee' ard of 23 1-5 seconds, in which he is now running...
...amount of work which the reader of the junior forensics has to do. There are about 230 forensics handed in. The average number of words in each may be taken at 3500. Many men write 5000 or 6000, and none less than 3000 probably, so 3500 is a low average. The number of words, then, amount to about 805,000. The number of words on one page of the North American Review is about 400. Therefore the reader of the forensics reads an amount equivalent to 2000 pages, or 1 year and 8 months of the North American Review...
...waist, behind. It had a turned-over collar, a small cape rounded in front, and a belt of the material of the dress. The sleeves were either hooked or buttoned at the wrist. It was trimmed with a long-tasselled white fringe. The accompaniments of this dress were a low-crowned and broad-brimmed straw hat, secured by a broad ribbon under the chin; trowsers, and silk or thread gloves, of a color in harmony with that of the toga, and, usually, a heavy cane. It is not known to whom belongs the distinction of having first conceived the College...
...marks in English 8 are out. They are divided into six classes, and average quite low...