Word: pace
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...better. Mr. Greene's "On a Pearl Shell" is a good thought ill-expressed. If the author of the "Snowshoe Song" can attune his snowshoe steps to the metre of his song, he must be an adept at the sport. A ski on a fair incline could hardly keep pace with it. As a picture, though, of pine forest in winter, it is not without atmosphere provided one shows up the cinematograph. The number is brought to a close by a couple of book reviews
...quarter-mile Atlee of Princeton, started out at a tremendous pace, with Carpenter of Cornell and DeSelding of Harvard following, ahead of Taylor of Pennsylvania. Atlee and Carpenter swung very wide when entering the stretch to the finish, and Taylor, seeing this, made a great spurt, and finally succeeded in passing them. Atlee became exhausted, and then De Selding sprinted down the stretch and finished a yard behind Taylor. Carpenter of Cornell secured
...yard run went to W. F. Whitcher '09, in 2 minutes, 3 seconds, with H. Watson '10 second, and Carns of Dartmouth third. Much credit is due G. W. Ryley '10 who acted as pace maker and led the squad for nearly the whole distance before giving in to those who won places. Ryley came in fourth...
...yard behind deSelding and not more than two feet ahead of Day. Captain L. P. Dodge '08 did the first 220 yards in 22 3-5 seconds from scratch, and when he reached the bend in the Stadium was in the lead, but was unable to keep up his pace to the finish. DeSelding used good judgment and stayed in the rear until passing the bend, when he spurted and overtook all the others. H. Watson '10 was not in good condition and dropped out early in the race...
...first half was extraordinarily close and evenly contested, ending with the score 13 to 12 in Princeton's favor. In the second half, however, the University team slackened its pace and the Princeton's team played by far the better game. Currie and Brooks were Harvard's strongest players, while Halliday excelled for Princeton...