Word: nines
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Hockey prospects this year seem unusually bright as there is a wealth of material, and a great many men who have had previous experience on University or Freshmen teams have reported this season. A total of nine "H" men have turned out so far, including Captain N. S. Walker '20. C. A. Clark Occ., however, has decided that he will not play this year...
Prior to 1886 only nine new stars had been discovered in 400 years, but since then 25 have been located, including the 18 detected from the University Observatory. Among other undertakings assumed by the Observatory is the completion of the life work of Professor E. C. Pickering '65, who made a survey and classification of over 200,000 stars. The observations of this great survey are practically complete, and the catalogue is in its final stages...
...result of the preliminary trials for the University Debating team held last Tuesday night, 12 men have been retained to speak in the final trials next Tuesday. Contrary to the previous announcement, no trials will be held today, and the selection of the nine men to represent the University will depend on their showings on Tuesday...
...total of 513 Freshmen who were given physical examinations this fall were found to be users of tobacco in any form. The ages at which these smokers started using the noxious weed also revealed interesting data. One man puffed a cigarette for the first time when he was but nine, while at the other extreme one man attempted smoking at the age of twenty-five. However of the 105 who answered this query, 86 started the practice between the ages...
Since the first Harvard-Yale game in 1875 the two rivals have met thirty-seven times, while seven times no game was played. Five of the series were tie-games; of the rest Yale has won 23 and Harvard has won nine, with the following scores...