Word: prevent
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...immediate payment, and the delivery of the goods was promised for the next day. It is believed that over $200 was collected by this means and that the same plan has been successfully followed at several other colleges. A movement has been started to apprehend the man and prevent him from further operations." E. H. FULTON, Yale...
Next get an advisory coach who shall always be near at hand, ever ready to prevent us from deviating the slightest from the policy adopted in the near in- ture. The change must be a radical one, and I shall not begin to point out the many faults shown on Soldiers Field this year. They must have been perfectly plain to everybody...
...Carlisle game the weakness of the University's ends and secondary defense was plainly brought to light. With the Indians' strong interference, they could not prevent the Carlisle backs from gaining frequently around the ends. The Harvard offense was strong enough, however, to push the ball over when within striking distance of the goal line, and, all told, the backs played a strong game against the Indians' stubborn defense...
...hoped that the attempt to prevent class football games from deteriorating into rushes is not responsible for the small attendance at the game yesterday. Probably most men felt that they would not be missed, and as a result of their apparent lack of interest the teams cannot but feel that they are representing only a small part of their classes. In the game this afternoon both teams should be impressed with the fact that they are playing for a much greater object than to defeat the eleven men who face them...
...have been taken to make the Bolyston street bridge perfectly safe, and able to hold the great crowds of people which will pass over it on November 23, the day of the Yale game. An auxiliary fence will be put up, making the bridge the same width throughout, and preventing the congestion of people at the draw, which is about six feet narrower than the rest of the bridge. Extra police will be stationed to prevent the crowds from pushing too heavily against the railing, which is old and in a weak condition. The bridge has been examined during...