Word: poorly
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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First we cannot assimilate him. Assimilation is based on likeness of standpoint and knowledge of a language. Since the 35.6 per cent of the immigration from Southern and Eastern Europe is illiterate, illiteracy is the reason for poor assimilation...
...University second baseball team defeated the Tufts second team 4 to 1 on Soldiers Field yesterday afternoon. The form displayed by both nines was very poor, many errors being made and the team-play being loose at critical moments West supplied the game's only feature in the form of a long home run in the seventh. The line-up and batting order was as follows: SECOND TEAM. TUFTS SECOND. Devereux, c.f. s.s., Roach Coolidge, l.f. 3b., Marzynski Phillips, 3b. 2b., Hall Edgerton, Starbuck r.f. l.f., Nellis Starbuck, O'Day, 1b. c.f., Donellan Cartmell, s.s. r.f., Godfrey Harvey...
Yale's early season record has been far from brilliant, only four victories having been secured in the nine games played. Weak batting and poor work in the box have been the chief difficulties. Georgetown swamped the Yale nine early in the week by a 10 to 1 score. Princeton has played consistent ball throughout the season, winning 8 out of 12 games. Virginia is the only strong team, however, that Princeton has defeated, the southern nine losing twice...
...have a little of the spirit that fills the officers and men of the army. Regular soldiers do not hold torchlight processions or make public demonstrations. Above all, do not take part in "rooting" to encourage others to do what you will not do yourself. Do not have so poor an opinion of your fellows as to think they need the stimulus of a cheering crowd to make them do their duty, love their country, or have the courage...
Each man competing in the trials will be required to pay a fee of $1 every afternoon he is paired for a match. This fee is payable at the first tee before the beginning of play. Because of the poor condition of the course, ground rules will be observed throughout the period of trials. Candidates will be allowed to "tee up" before every stroke either on the fair green or the putting green...