Word: poorly
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...poetry in the number, is on the whole, better than the prose. "Sunset," is exceedingly poor; but "Nocturne," has genuine lyrical beauty, and "Demeter," by A. D. Ficke, is musical and delicately fanciful, though it lacks the strong and sure command of suggestive striking similes, which are the marks of poetic imagination as distinguished from that poetic fancy which pleases, but does not stir, and lightly fascinates but does not compellingly more...
...against much lighter opponents who should have been beaten by a considerably larger score. The University team played at the start with more spirit and snap than it has recently displayed and during the first half managed to score 18 points, but in the second half made a very poor showing and ended the game by being held for downs within 8 yards of a touchdown--a strong reminder of the lack of drive exhibited by last year's team when approaching the goal line. Because of the lack of attacking power of the opposing team, the game afforded...
...football practice yesterday was poor, but slightly better than that of the preceding day. In the line-up the first eleven was able to score three times, chiefly through individual efforts. The linemen charged very high and the heavy men were slow. Captain Marshall went through the signal practice, but did not join in the scrimmage. A new player, Mercer 2M., a former Holy Cross halfback, weighing over 200 pounds, joined the squad and was tried at fullback...
...practice of the University football squad yesterday afternoon showed little improvement over the poor showing of Saturday. In the short line-up the first succeeded in making two touchdowns, but the defensive work was particularly ineffective and the second had little difficulty, when given the ball on the first's fifteen-yard line, in rushing through for a touchdown...
...principal weakness in the paly of the team was the poor development of the defense. On the offense the linemen were fairly successful in opening up holes and the backs usually ran off the plays with snap and aggressiveness...