Word: masterful
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...competition is open to all registered students, and is divided into two parts, one for graduates, and one for undergraduates. The prizes consist of one of fifty dollars for a master's thesis and two of twenty-five dollars for an undergraduate essay. Information regarding the competition may be had from the National Committee on Prisons and Prison Labor, Broadway and 116th street, New York City. The judges in the contest will be: Thomas Mott Osborne '84, Warden of Sing Sing Prison; Samuel McCune Lindsay, Professor of Social Legislation at Columbia University; and Dr. E. Stagg Whitin, Chairman...
...ball straight down the field for 50 yards without a stop. Welmer failed to kick the goal, and Harvard still led, 10 to 9. Then Captain Kempton of Exeter, guarded by perfect interference, caught a punt and ran 80 yards for a touchdown. From that point Exeter was the master, and scored once again on a forward pass from Davis to Braman...
...right hand side of the diamond is cared for by two of the best players who ever represented the University. Captain Nash is a hard hitter and clever fielder; G. E. Abbot '17 at second is a master of the pivot work around the keystone station, and while not rated a heavy hitter, is a difficult man to pitch to and fast on the bases. Both these men possess the "baseball brains" without which mere mechanical perfection of execution is often valueless...
...late years the University has been weak in the hammer. This is an event which requires several years to master. For this reason it is important that a man start training for it his Freshman year if he wishes to attain success. For men with some skill at handling themselves, the pole-vault offers a fertile field for development...
Zoan Andrea's "St. Jerome" and the "Effect of Jealousy" by Wenzel von Olmutz, both copied after Durer, show the influence of the great German master in Italy as well as in his own country. "St. Matthew," by the Master E. S. is a very important print by a very great engraver. These three prints are of the greatest rarity, not having appeared in a public sale for over fifty years...