Word: point
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Whereas, the only obstacle to the acceptance of this proposition is the refusal of the United States War Department to permit the construction, under present conditions, of a drawless bridge at this point of any less height than the new Cambridge Bridge...
Apparently it was with this last point in view that the present rules governing the award of cross-country insignia were drafted. Seeing that a place on the cross-country team insures the distinction of an "H.A.A.," and since cross-country men apparently have a better chance than any others to win the "H" in the mile and two-mile runs, we believe that the change suggested is hardly justified by the conditions...
...Braddock contributes a thoughtful article on "Boston-1915" in which he points out opportunities for Harvard graduates to find a useful occupation. In "The Song of the Little Singer" Mr. E. S. Lewis expresses himself with great ease and modesty; his last two lines are particularly pleasing. Mr. R. A. Morton writes of the Boylston street bridge, using fact, imagination, and a photograph. The style is somewhat journalese. Mr. Fang Shik Chien writes on "The American Football in the Eye of an Oriental." When the football first came into his eye, Mr. Chien says, he disliked...
...decided, as a clear statement of the two methods of preparation. Of the two editorials, both dealing with football, the first says nothing; the second commends the suggestion of the New York Globe that a medical man should be one of the regular officials at every game. The point is weakened by the further suggestion that each team should have such an official; for in that case the medical men would cease to be officials in any non-partisan sense, and the situation would be exactly what it is at present. A detailed table of statistics of the Harvard...
...October 16, Yale scored 17 points to West Point's 0 in one of the most brilliant contests ever played at West Point. The score at the end of the first half was 0 to 0, but in the second period Yale scored three times. Two of these scores were made on beautiful forward passes from Coy and Howe, respectively, to Vaughan. Howe again showed excellent head-work and Philbin made several sensational runs...