Word: particularity
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...have been very thoroughly drilled in all departments of the game. The men have shown considerable speed and understanding of the new rules, and there has been a noticeable improvement not only in the usual line plays, but also in the new forward pass and onside punt to which particular attention has been given. There is every prospect of a strong team, particularly in the backfield, where many men from last year's team are available. An unusually hard schedule has been arranged this year including games with both Annapolis and West Point, Cornell, Dartmouth and Yale...
Important changes by the Corporation include the assignment of College rooms and the tuition fee. Yard rooms have all been thrown open to all members of the University with a preference to Seniors in Holworthy, Hollis, and Stoughton. Conant Hall has been reserved for the particular use of students in the Graduate School, and living-rooms have been fitted up in Conant and Perkins, and others will soon follow in Weld, Thayer, and Walter Hastings. A supplementary charge of $20 a full course, and $10 a half-course, has been made for all courses under the Faculty of Arts...
...number of rooms in Conant, which has recently been set aside for the particular use of students in the Graduate School, were not taken in the first allotment. Applications for rooms for next year will be received at once at the office of the Graduate School, University 10, and all those received before Friday will be considered in the next assignment...
During the past week the work of the University crew has been consistently hard. With the exception of coxswain the crew has been selected for the Cornell race, and Coach Wray has given particular attention to getting the men well together throughout every stroke, and has been adjusting the outriggers and foot braces to suit each...
...that I could see of his relations to the students proved the hold he had on them in this way and, when it came to sterner discipline, I knew one or two events which showed me that this mild authority had its distinct limitations. I remember one case, in particular, when one of the most popular and influential students in College had been charged with an insult to a woman and when all Shaler's Kentucky chivalry was roused, until it turned out that the whole affair had been greatly overstated...