Word: pointed
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...West Point team lines up only twice a week,- for practice on Wednesdays and in games Saturdays...
With the most sincere respect for the point of view taken by the writers of these letters, we think that their alarm is a little unnecessary, and that they misinterpret the spirit in which the song was written and published. They read between the lines a combination of ill-timed overconfidence, and viciousness toward Yale. We know that the verses in question, as a matter of fact, gave voice to neither the one nor the other. We feel confident moreover that they were not so understood by undergraduates here, and that if noticed at all by Yale men, which...
There are two stories whose scenes are laid in France, both fairly interesting, but not overloaded with point. The first one, "A Mysterious Recognition," written in the vein of Poe, is a detective story of modern Faris, told, however, with a simplicity of style that saves it from being melo-dramatic. "Peterson's Scar," is a forcibly written but exceedingly unpleasant story...
...poetry is about the same as that which usually appears in the Monthly; it flows on smoothly enough and seems to have a good deal of meaning, which, however, on close analysis dwindles to very little. As a whole, this number, entirely creditable from a technical point of view, is too serious; there is a lack of the humor, which covers a multitude of literary sins...
...During the week following the game with Brown the work was confined to strengthening the line and the whole defensive play. The result of this was encouragingly apparent in the Carlisle Indian game. Yale's defense was much stronger but still far from perfect. The week before the West Point contest was used in practicing a method for breaking up mass plays, but the work went for nothing when the team lined up against the Cadets. Saturday's game with the Chicago Athletic Association on the other hand demonstrated that the university eleven can play hard, fast football both offensive...