Word: showings
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Cornell's star back, Shiverick, was injured early in the game and did not show his usual form. His punts were not as effective as were those of R. Horween '18 and his one attempt at a drop kick was a dismal failure. In the second period Cornell advanced from its 35-yard line by a series of rushes to the University's 25- yard line, from which spot Shiverick's hurried drop kick was almost blocked. Cornell's defense was by no means impregnable. Both teams showed ability to gain ground at one time or another through their opponent...
Failure to play hard with weak opponents, coupled with a slight spirit of overconfidence, is the most apparent fault of the team. With all the regulars back in the line-up, however, the team should show a decided improvement this afternoon...
...work of the American Ambulance Field Service in Europe will be shown in moving pictures at the Union next Wednesday night. Dr. A. P. Andrew '95, head of the Service, will explain the pictures and describe the work that is being done abroad. The pictures will show the work of all the American sectors, and a review of the French troops by General Joffre will be portrayed...
...sympathy with the organized labor movement in this country, and I believe that movement will find a sincerer friend in Hughes than in Wilson. I am in sympathy with the German-American citizens of this country, and I believe that in dealing with them Hughes will show greater political sagacity and a keener sense of historical values than has the Anglophile author of the "History of the American People...
...accomplishing mental tasks thoroughly, and it is this training that assures his success in after life. Some learn the lesson of close mental application to particular problems without the aid of a college education, but the fact remains that self-made men possess this all-important faculty. If statistics show that a greater percentage of honor men among college graduates acquire the secret of success, which is synonomous with the habit of concentrated work, then the odds are against the class of undergraduates who consider outside activities of more importance than high grades...