Word: novels
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Cornell had one novel play. When the ball was to be punted, the quarterback stood about twenty feet from the line. The centre rush instead of bouncing the ball, threw it back into the quarterback's hands, and the latter either punted himself or passed the ball to the fullback. The play was quite successful, for although the Harvard forwards broke through quickly, only one or two kicks were blocked...
...each locality, no better means is afforded than the bicycle. In the smaller towns they rarely meet a wheelman from more than 250 miles away, consequently they are very free to impart information to one who has ridden farther. Never was I shown more hospitality than when on this novel trip. When I started, I was unused to any kind of physical exercise to speak of, so that I could not ride fast nor long, but that was not my object. After a day or two I began to gain in flesh, and when I arrived in Cambridge, Sept...
...Copeland's address this evening will be well worth hearing, not only because it will deal with the art of reading aloud, in an aspect which will be novel to many, but also because of the great interest which all of his lectures have had for members of the Unviersity in years past...
...TRAIN, Sec.PUSH BALL.- All candidates for playing this novel and interesting game report on Soldiers Field to E. R. Crane at 3.30 p. m. today. Football men preferred. Wear sweaters and football pants...
...made a full professor. He remained there until 1880, when he went to New York with a view of devoting himself entirely to literature. In 1881 he accepted an instructorship in German in Columbia College, and was appointed professor in German in 1883. His first novel was written in 1871, and was published serially in the Atlantic Monthly in 1873. From 1871 he wrote continually for fifteen years. Much of his work was for different periodicals...