Word: picked
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...better, will have to replace 13 departing players. All three colleges, however, have strong foundations to build upon. The Crimson can count upon nine letter men returning, seven of whom may be classed as regulars. Ten Yale men will be back in college, and Princeton will have 14 to pick from...
...changed since Walter Camp began making his annual selection. Then high-grade football was limited to a few large Eastern colleges and it was possible to see all the leading teams is action. Now it is impossible for one man to see half of them. It is unfair to pick a man for an All-American team when the picker has never seen him play. The report may come that So-and-so-starred in such-and-such a game, but that doesn't prove anything. There can be no fair standard of comparison. Even if you expert does...
...Dante Society offers again its annual prize of one hundred dollars for an essay on some phase of the life or works of Dante. Essayists may choose any one of the subjects proposed by the Society or may pick one with the approval of the Council of the Society...
...respect this handy book for debaters has a definite value--it is modern. It is extremely discouraging to pick up such a text book, only to find that the passages quoted as examples are from speeches and writings of the middle of the last century and long ago forgotten. The ardor of the most interested young student is smothered if he is asked to paw over a dry and dusty question brought many years ago to a decision or a working compromise...
...week prospective composers and lyricists will be called together to begin work on the music numbers of the play. A meeting will also be held within the next week all members of the club who wish take part in the show. Although the cast and chorus will not be pick until after the Christmas vacation, this preliminary meeting will give the producers an opportunity to size up the material which will be available the show...