Word: mentioned
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...piece deserves special mention. Prairie Sunday" confessedly has neither plot nor point, but it is an utterly charming little sketch, strongly suggestive of Alphonse Daudet...
Most of the prizes which are open to competition in the University offer little besides experience to those who have the misfortune to be very slightly inferior to the winners. The plan, therefore, of including in the reports the names of unsuccessful competitors whose work deserves mention is eminently fair. This recognition, however disproportionate to the amount of preparation which the recipients bestow upon their contributions, should make failure less disappointing, and should increase the number of candidates...
...share of victories, must throw over ultra-conservatism and adopt a progressive policy. Other colleges are willing to adopt the good things our University offers; why do we not follow the undoubted leader in football? West Point and Annapolis have done it with success, and it is needless to mention how many other colleges have had Yale coaching. At what college of note in the East will you find Harvard coaching in vogue? You cannot find it because there is no system to teach. Was there a single patent trace of Reid's labors this past season...
...awarded to the author of the best essay on a subject connected with municipal government. For this year the competition will be limited to undergraduates in American colleges which offer separate instruction in municipal government. Last year the prize was won by T. A. Thatcher, Yale '08, with honorable mention to A. E. Pinanski...
...Mention was made of several matters of class interest but no definite action was taken on account of the small number present...