Word: scant
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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With the Princeton game a scant two weeks away, Coach Jones did not wish to risk last minute injuries to his first string players and therefore it was a band of substitutes which came up against Maryland for another overwhelming victory of 28-0. At no time during the game were the Southerners dangerous, since only once in the contest did they succeed in reaching even the Blue 30 yard mark. Jordan proved the chief scorer, bringing in three touchdowns while Captain Aldrich made one tally and got off several beautiful forwards...
Chicago registered eighteen first downs to three by Princeton, and even when Garrity, veteran Princeton half, was sent in to try and stem the tide, the Tiger attack pierced the powerful Maroon defence for only a scant fourteen yards...
...Hobson and Ladd, tackles; Hubbard and Brocker, guards; Bradford, center; Conlon at quater, while Rouillard, Chapin and Churchill completed the backfield. For almost half an hour the encounter lasted, the only score coming when Churchill broke loose in mid-field and dashed 35 yards before he was downed a scant dozen yards before the seconds' goal. On the next play Conion tossed a pass to Howe who tore 8 yards for a touchdown...
...Illinois for twelve, years, and is Secretary of the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. Not many men have had op- portunities such as his to observe the characteristics of college undergraduates himself, and to discuss them with other trained observers. The Crimson reviewer gave scant recognition to Dean Clark's standing in the world of disciplinary administration. FREDERICK WINSOR...
...custom, the Senior Class will don the Cap and Gown, which, for centuries has been the mark and badge of the scholar. Time, which has made such inroads on our traditions, has in so far pravailed that the period during which gowns are worn is now but a scant seven weeks of four long years of undergraduate existence. From the first of May until he receives his diploma, custom demands that the Senior stand forth in his primary capacity as a seeker after knowledge...