Word: short
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...trials for the acting candidates will be held in the Trophy Room of the Union Friday afternoon from 2 until 5 o'clock. Each candidate will be called upon to read a short selection or make a recitation of about five minutes duration. A certain number will be retained for further trial...
...tackling of the Southern eleven was poor and uncertain, that of the University was always hard and sure. At the end of the first quarter, Kinsolving received a pretty forward pass from Thurman and ran 30 yards, but Minot was waiting for him and stopped him short. The line also played well and frequently broke through and tackled the Virginia backs before they were started. W. H. Wheeler '18 played a particularly strong game and was an important factor in stopping all plays through his side of the line. H. Coolidge '19, as substitute end, showed up well...
...short, says Professor Dickinson, "political opinion ceases to be free in England as soon as it is sufficiently unpopular...
...evil exists it would be absurd to deny, but there is an overbalancing weight of desirable features. Were Princeton, Yale, Harvard, Cornell, Dartmouth and Pennsylvania to enlist themselves in a body designed to place a limit upon the salaries of coaches, the number of coaches engaged, team expenses--in short, to curtail and generally supervise the whole question of athletic economics, the effect would be immediate and farreaching...
...Another short address was given by Major Henry Lee Higginson '55. In his speech he extolled the spirit, the bravery and the sacrifice of the men who gave their lives for a cause in which they thoroughly believed. He instanced several experiences in the Civil War to show the heroic character of a soldier who gives up his life in battle. He said, "These men have performed a great sacrifice. They fought because they loved freedom and hated oppression. Our country mourns the loss of their lives...