Word: maker
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...instead. Consequently all eyes were turned upon Paull, of Pennsylvania, and McGee, of Princeton, as the most likely winners. For the first quarter Paull allowed his team-mate Tyson to set the pace. With McGee and Laird of Princeton and Coney of Yale he followed just behind the pace-maker. At the end of the first lap, however, Paull stepped into the lead, and from that time until the finish was never headed or even approached. For a while the two Princeton runners tried to hold the pace, but at the half mile Paull led by twenty yards, McGee...
...Maker of Moons," by R. W. Chambers...
...yard run went to W. F. Whitcher '09, in 2 minutes, 3 seconds, with H. Watson '10 second, and Carns of Dartmouth third. Much credit is due G. W. Ryley '10 who acted as pace maker and led the squad for nearly the whole distance before giving in to those who won places. Ryley came in fourth...
...semi-annual addition to the Ware Collection of Glass Flowers has recently been received by the Botanical Museum from Mr. R. Blaschka, of Horowitz, Germany, their maker. Among the 19 species of plants that were received are the common water lily, the Malayan pitcher plant, and the Canadian maple, both in its natural state and when turned crimson by frost...
...fourth number of the Advocate appeared yesterday. The straightforward and unpretentious little sketch called "A Maker of Monuments" is written with such sympathetic tenderness that we feel as if its central figure, a dear old Colonel, whom we see writing his reminiscences of the war and smoking among his roses, must have been a real colonel whom its author had known and loved. In "The Sophist" we have much a variation of the perennial motif as Polonius might call the tragical-psychological. The bearer of the title-role convinces an enamored college-friend that there is no such thing...