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...outset of the practice Bradlee took charge of the University, but Freedley later replaced him, and ran the team during the greater part of the afternoon. Mills, who has been playing at left guard, is suffering from a muscle bruise, his place being taken by Cowen. Brickley, who was also excused on account of a bruised hip, watched the drill. His place in the backfield was taken by Willetts. Coolidge and Dana alternated at right...
...outset of the play, the University received the kick and by consistent gains shoved the ball down to the second's 20-yard line, but just when within scoring distance McKinlock fumbled. Upon getting possession of the ball the seconds, unable to gain, kicked, placing the University on the offence. A long run by Brickley and two considerable gains by Mahan brought the oval within striking distance of the goal. On the 25-yard line a drop kick by Brickley swerved and failed...
...football situation on the whole, however, is distinctly better than it was at the outset of last year. Not only are more men back, but there are more men out who are familiar with sort of football Sharpe teaches, and the spirit of determination and willingness of the squad is pleasing to the coaches. The games with Harvard on the schedule this year is highly g ratifying to the Cornell partisans and it is hoped that the Ithacans will make a strong enough showing this fall at Cambridge to make the game permanent...
...pervading principle throughout the "Divina Commoedia" is the personal revelation which it signifies in the personal experiences of Dante. At the very outset, Dante is shown that he cannot take the direct route he had chosen, towards the light of God, because of the obstacles he had created through his own sin. Beatrice, later, reproaches him for losing his brilliant ideal, at her death, and falling into sin, such that he can find Heaven only through Hell. One of the great motifs of the poem lies in this fall of Dante, under the pressure of circumstances, from a high spiritual...
...Professor Legouis hints, though most courteously, that in intellectual "Olympics" our "literary and scientific teams" might make a poor showing against competitors of the same age who were trained by the mature system of the Sorbonne. And Professor Eucken, though he refrains from open contrasts, emphasizes at the very outset of his article that "the character and importance of German universities depends particularly on the close connection between investigation and instruction: the teachers not only impart traditional knowledge, but they are themselves occupied in discovering new facts and increasing the intellectual possessions of mankind. Thus the auditor is introduced into...