Word: shorts
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Yesterday afternoon there was a meeting of candidates for the University hockey team at which short speeches were made by Coach Winsor, Captain Newhall, and Trainer McMaster. Coach Winsor emphasized the importance of practicing as much as possible during the vacation. He explained to the men trying for the different positions the points in which they should endeavor to be especially proficient. McMaster spoke briefly on the importance of training and said that hockey was as hard on a player's wind and powers of endurance as any college sport. The hockey situation, he said, is more serious than ever...
...nevertheless more important, for after all the players should be the first to be considered. Football, more than any other activity commonly open to undergraduates of today, develops a man's executive ability. It is the game that teaches a man to do things, to plan, to succeed. In short, football is invaluable training for a man in preparation for the great struggle of the outside world...
...objects collected in Greece and Italy by Dr. G. J. Pfeiffer form the basis of the collection, which will be used for purposes of illustration in courses of archaeology and kindred subjects and should be of interest to students at large because of its variety and effective arrangement. Short speeches were made by Professor M. H. Morgan '81, chairman of the Department of the Classics, Dr. G. H. Chase '96, Dr. G. J. Pfeiffer and Mr. G. H. Browne '78, principal of the Browne-Nichols school...
...Cambridge public performance of the nineteenth annual dramatic production of the Cercle Francais, consisting of Moliere's "L'Amour Medecin," a short and amusing comedy in prose, and Tristan Bernard's "L'Anglais Tel Qu'on le Parle," a modern farce with extremely lively action, will be given in Brattle Hall at 8:30 o'clock this evening. The Pierian Sodality will render the classic music of Lulli. The Boston public performance will be given on Monday night in Jordan Hall at 8.30 o'clock. Tickets, at $1.50 and $1.00 may be procured at Thurston's and Herrick...
...Short practice was given the University hockey squad yesterday afternoon in the basement of the Gymnasium. The men showed some improvement in shooting, the puck as a rule, rising fairly high, and the direction being accurate. The game with Brookline, scheduled for this afternoon, has been cancelled. If possible the practice today will be held on Artificial Pond...