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...incentive to intellectual effort. It would be well if we had more prize competitions than we do. If that were the case, and the standards were kept high, the problem of securing more general recognition to scholarly attainment, which the Corporation has put before the Faculty, would be much nearer to solution. There would be no necessity for large appropriations of money. The prizes could be of small intrinsic value and still be a strong incentive to active competition, merely for the distinction they would confer...
There were certain peculiarities in old French that the modern tongue does not possess, which brought the language nearer the English. The sound, as in thin, is an example. When we say faith we are reproducing almost exactly the old French word...
Rosengarten brought the ball five yards nearer Harvard's goal. But here Harvard took a brace, and held two old-fashioned wedge plays on the spot. On the third down the ball was fumbled, and Shaw fell on it only eight yards from the goal line. Harvard's first move was a punt, the ball advancing to Harvard's 40 yard line. Again Princeton tried the wedges, which revolved about either guard, and in two trials received the needed five yards. Twice more netted six yards. Then came a fumble and a profitless wedge play...
...some time, neither side being able to gain much, until Harvard braced up and gained 40 yards on short runs by Brewer. Cabot, and Fairchild, until Cabot fumbled on the 30 yard line. Harvard tried in vain to score during the remainder of the half but could not get nearer than the 20 yard line...
...passing it to another player. If he does not run with the ball he may have the option of a first down on the spot at which the ball is caught, or he may kick the ball from that spot, the opposing side not being permitted to line-up nearer than ten yards from the ball...