Word: shortly
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Short Secret Practice...
...speaker then gave a short history of aeronautics. The first ascension was made in 1783 from Versailles, France, in a hot-air balloon. Animals only were sent up, but when it was found to be safe men attempted an ascension. In the same year hydrogen was used as a lifting power. The next year a balloon was first used for scientific purposes, and about the same time one crossed the English channel from England to France. From then on, numberless ascents have been made, and great heights reached...
...first half lasting only five minutes, but the second nearly half an hour. The first team scored once, Leslie picking up a fumble on the second's 40-yard line and running for a touchdown. The second team kicked off to the first which carried the ball in short rushes to the second team's 15-yard line, before the first period ended...
This afternoon the University team will line up for a short scrimmage with the Freshman team...
...work was light, the squad staying out only a little over an hour. There was a short drill in formations then the teams lined up for signal practice. P. D. Smith, Corbett and Dunlap, all of whom have been out of practice for some days, were in the line-up. McKay, Rogers, G. G. Browne, Captain Fish and Wigglesworth were not on the field; the first three on account of recitations, Captain Fish was given a lay off, and Wigglesworth is out for three or four days on account of illness...