Word: scant
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...concentration between sciences on the one hand and languages and history on the other. Figures show that in most high schools one year of Latin is required of all except vocational students, a second year is taken by two-thirds of the students, and a third year by a scant fifth, most of the students transferring to modern languages or to the sciences at the end of their second year. This arrangement has in the past rendered many good students ineligible for the examinations by lack of either three years of Latin or two years of a modern language, either...
...strategists have reliable information on which to base their future plans of offense and defense for this game. Chicago has missed out in the Conference title for several years but Stagg can always be counted on to turn out a first-class team. Ohio beat the Maroon by a scant one point this fall...
...started, of whom eight crossed the finish line. Davidson '16 led the way for the first mile and a half, where his place was taken by Captain Bemis, who led at the tape, followed a scant three yards behind by Pratt '23, who led Raycroft by the same distance. For the entire distance the competition had been very keen between these three men, and it was only in the last few hundred yards that there was more than a few feet between them. Bryan, Tait, Bennett and Hoagland followed shortly after the leaders in that order...
...over a two-mile stretch, for which no time was taken. In the afternoon the three crews went for a six-mile row down stream, going at an easy pace. On the way back, in a short brush, the University boat led the Freshman and Second shells by a scant length...
...most surprising race of the afternoon was the quarter-mile, in which G. T. Barker '23, with a 20-yard handicap, took the lead after about the first 50 yards and spurted in ahead of H. F. Colt '22 by a scant two yards. F. W. Hall '20 finished third. The winner's time was 52 seconds flat. All three cups which were offered become the possession of the winner for one year...