Word: rapidity
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...stating that football, as a distinctly academic game, should be especially free from all bad sportsmanship. It is impossible for officials to notice all violations of rules, and proper play must be the result of the determination of coaches and players to eliminate all unfairness. There has been "a rapid improvement of the standards of play in the last ten years," but there is still something to be done...
...Conn., June 14, 1916.--The absence of H. S. Middendorf '16 is still greatly noticed in the first crew, but today almost all signs of the check had disappeared. The second crew likewise is making rapid improvements in keeping a decent form at a low stroke. In addition to Middendorf's illness, another bit of hard luck hit the University camp today when C. W. Greenough '19 was forced to go home for the rest of the season with tonsilitis. J. F. Linder '19, who also left a few days ago because of sickness, is not expected back, and these...
...first and second Yale crews held a practice race in which both crews rowed at a rapid clip. The new order of the Yale crew seemed to be well chosen, however, for this boat had no trouble in defeating the junior eight by a comfortable lead of two lengths
...assets for a young man entering business is the ability to write letters in a clear, simple style without unnecessary words and phrases. Therefore this course should be regarded as a temporary hospital for men disabled in English. Hard work on the part of the patient will mean a rapid recovery and an early discharge...
...enlistment figures stand as follows: Plattsburg Junior Camp, 395; Plattsburg Senior Camp, 82; Naval Training Cruise, 43; Flying Corps, 69. Since the announcement yesterday that should twenty men agree to attend the Flying School, the money for their tuition would be forthcoming, the enrollments in this department showed a rapid increase. With but two days before the end of the week it is expected that the total figures in all departments will reach 700, there being at present 568 recorded...