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...Windows" of which anonymous writers have been so prolific since the war. Nevertheless the book is unquestionably well worth reading because of its subject. Even the haste of a writer who is apparently more at home in the fields of popular philosophy, psychology and fiction than in the rougher path of biography, can not prevent MacDonald from emerging as the most interesting man in English political life...
...only known to schoolmasters, and not to all of them, how large a proportion of boys are a little mad between the ages of 14 and 17. Weird fancies, always egotistic, suspiciousness, moroseness, solitariness, all these are common, but they present most diverse appearances to the observer. Among the rougher boys arson is not infrequent and kleptomania is fairly rampant with all classes." Frankly, the British public doesn't believe it, and it takes every occasion...
...foul shooting of Cullen of the Green five who tallied 12 times out of 16 chances while Captain McLeish ran second on eight scores with the same number of chances. In spite of the fact that this unusually large number of 32 fouls was called, the game was rougher than the usual contest at Hemenway due to the extremely close guarding employed by both sides...
...very soon, I believe, is one regarding tie games. Several years ago the question of playing extra periods to settle tie games came up every year, but was turned down on the ground that it would be too great a strain on the players. And in those days, with rougher play, two periods of 35 minutes each, and no resubstitutions, it was. But conditions of playing now are changed; periods are shorter, play is not so wearing on the men, and resubstitution of men, in the next period is allowed. This makes it possible to play overtime periods in case...
...generally regard Professor James Naismith as the father of the game. He was a professor at the Spring field Young Men's Christian Association Training College at the time. His idea was to create some sort of a game for indoors that would correspond with football, but with the rougher elements of the great college game eliminated...