Word: popular
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Charks Schoff, end rusher and the most popular man on the U. of P. eleven, has been chosen captain for next year...
...most popular of all the religious exercises of the University, the Vesper services, begin again this afternoon. The return of the time when these services are a regular Thursday afternoon fixture will be welcomed by all old men, and those who are new to the University will soon come to understand the peculiar place which they fill in the life here. They are remarkably simple and impressive, and they come at an hour of the day when everyone can take time for them. They have become a part of the college life and their success is assured...
...most essential feature. Dr. Temple's superannuation which fixes the age for sixth form men at nineteen prevails at many schools. The classics are the basis of classification, and a sixth form man often takes lower form mathematics. Music is much fostered; their Eton boating song so popular here is not so highly regarded in England. The songs are written by the teachers and the music master sets them to music. The sentiment in all these songs is very noble and elevating. The Harrow songs are noted all over England. They are very unique, and deal with the historical...
...game between the Hopkinson School and the Manual Training School teams was one of the roughest played in Cambridge this year. Nothing is more essential to the improvement of foot ball now than umpires who will enforce the rules strictly. The game has steadily become more interesting and more popular as it has become more civilized...
...Cummings spoke first of the popular misunderstanding of the difference between University Extension and University Settlement. In the latter movement, University men live in the localities where they wish to carry on their work while in the former, men come from the Universities to their fields of labor only at certain times. Toynbee Hall in London is possibly the most notable example of University Settlement...