Word: short
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...advance. However, war has not yet been declared, and although we may expect it, such a declaration is not a certainty. Until the final step has been taken University business should go on as usual. Since there is a possibility of special final examinations being given in a short time, the present hour examinations ought to be considered more seriously. For some men they may in great part be the deciding element in the final grades for the year's courses. Like-wise, it is poor judgement for men to drop organized athletic work on the supposition that all contests...
...That for students whose academic year is cut short by enlistment in the military or naval service of the United States, or of any state, the courses thus interrupted be credited as if they had been continued until the end of the year; and that instructors, after applying such tests as may seem to them expedient, return for such students grades representing their standing up to the time of their departure...
...University baseball squad held their third outdoor practice of the season yesterday. Coach Duffy put the men through the usual warming up practice and then lined them up for a regular nine-inning game, which was cut short at the end of the sixth inning on account of rain. Team A was again victorious, securing a 10 to 3 victory, Ashley and Delano holding the second-string players to three scattered singles. Errors were frequent for both sides, the wet condition of the field and ball being partly accountable for the numerous misplays. Only one change was made...
...second and will be a strong contender for this position. R. W. Emmons at shortstop has been fielding brilliantly and should make sure of his place on the team by a slight improvement in batting. S. Osgood is another player who should make a good man in the short field. Of the third basemen E. S. Hobbs is easily the leading candidate. He is a sure fielder, a fast man on the bases, and will prove a great source of strength to the team...
...Said--and She Believed Him" is a long, complicated name for a short and rather familiar type of play. We can all remember "Stop Thief," "Officer 666" and others which do not contain policemen. "He Said, etc." contains all the same ingredients of these old familiar farces, including the policeman. When this officer is asked whether he is or is not primitive, he replies that he is Irish. You expected as much. The play is full of the kind of clever lines that the gentle reader could easily have made up himself...