Word: mannered
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Ainslee's--"The Maid of Manner Hall," by J. Ban '90; "Ewing's Lady," by H. L. Wilson...
...Criticism of Room-mates," Mr. Porter has treated a good subject in a sprightly manner. He obviously aims at novelty of expression, and sometimes hits the mark. The author of "The Best of It," has, on the other hand, conspicuously failed. Turning to the morally pestilential life of a certain watering place, here called Nouvean Isle, he recounts with zest an incident which, though improbable, might have been made amusing. He is, however, so lacking in narrative skill that at the critical moment he does not present his leaf-clad personages vividly. Occasionally,--for example, when dwelling upon the physical...
...with Dartmouth emphasized still further the weakness of the secondary defense. The line showed great improvement, and the work of the ends was better than in the Carlisle game. Dartmouth's large score of 22 points was due largely to the recovering of blocked kicks and to the fast manner in which the Dartmouth players followed the ball...
...keep his feet. He made some fumbles, however, which proved costly. Apollonio backed up the line well on the defense and when called upon to carry the ball, he hit the line hard and was never thrown for a loss. Captain Glaze of Dartmouth deserves credit for the manner in which he ran his team, and for the fighting spirit of the men, for which he was largely responsible...
...University eleven was outplayed, and did not play the ever-ready, quick game that the Indians did. Their playing was too crude to win, and, compared to the Indians, the team as a whole was woefully undeveloped. The speed of the Indian backs and the manner with which they handled the forward pass made Harvard seem slow and crude in comparison. Carlisle had the science of interference down to perfection and their blocking off of Bird and Macdonald time and again was one cause of their frequent long runs around the ends...