Word: poor
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Argonaut Club of Canada. At present it is planned to let the oarsmen have two weeks practice on the Delaware before leaving for the final bit of training at Poughkeepsie. In this way Wright believes he will accustom the men to rough water. At Pennsylvania they attribute the poor showing of the Quaker crew to the fact that it encountered rough water during the intercollegiate regatta...
...standard determined from their ability shown in previous years. The University team when first organized was not a first-rate team, and as result was put in class C where it has remained since. Last year they were second in this class, losing first place only through a very poor score made in the initial match before the team was fairly on its feet...
...There is a movement on foot so to arrange the 1917 schedule of the Intercollegiate Soccer League as to permit the playing of all the games by the first Saturday in December. After that time grounds are not likely to be in good condition and the result is poor soccer or postponed games. All of the teams except Haverford got under way at an earlier date than usual this season, and as a consequence the Main Line eleven was the only team that prevented the completion of the schedule before hard weather set in. Soccer is a fine game...
...other hand, the University has only once been defeated by M. I. T. and should have an easy time continuing this record tomorrow evening. The squad has been handicapped by poor ice surfaces in the Arena during the past week but in spite of this there has been a steady improvement in the style of play. Each individual has been learning to efface himself for the good of the team so that spectacular plays have been infrequent in the practices and the men are working more and more as a unit...
...Senior year is now a tradition and a good one, and makes for class solidarity," said Assistant Dean Mayo, addressing the Class of 1918 at their smoker in the Union last night. "About 20 years ago there was an exodus from the Yard because of the antiquated lighting and poor plumbing of the dormitories; but these defects have now been overcome so that about ten years ago the movement for the Senior Class to repopulate the buildings began. This movement has steadily spread, increasing to a great degree the unity of each class during its last year in college...