Word: skill
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...team played two 20-minute halves against the second eleven, scoring four touchdowns to one made by the second team. The play was as good and as lively as any yet shown, this being in part due to the cool weather. In quickness in following the ball and in skill in the use of the forward pass and the onside kick the men on the first team showed a marked improvement. Lincoln and Wendell made very long gains on line plays, and Macdonald and Osborne recovered the ball for the first eleven several times on long punts, thus carrying...
This game terminates the fall practice, which has been very successful, as over 30 men have been reporting regularly, including several of last year's University and Freshman teams. Some valuable material has also come in with the present Freshman class. Skill in stickwork has been developed under the coaching of D. P. Penhallow '03. A new plan for next spring is that of having a second team, which will have a schedule...
...certain sketchiness which suggests that the stories are in spirit, if not in letter, daily themes. There is firm, swift characterization in "Concerning Bores," and it is simple and direct up to the last sentence. There a touch of conscious exaggeration spoils all the effect of its preceding skill and sincerity. "A Committee of Three" seems to the present critic typical of a certain kind of college fiction, the value of which is very doubtful. It tells its story so allusively that it must remain elusive for most readers. When, too, the end is reached, the real content...
Woolsey Hall contained the largest audience that has ever attended an intercollegiate debate in New Haven. The debate was very close, although the University team gained the unanimous decision by its superior skill in debating, which was shown by the manner in which the men presented their strong case and answered the objections the negative offered...
...Harry Houdini, the expert at escaping from handcuffs and other bonds, gave an extraordinary exhibition of his strength and skill last night in the Living Room of the Union. The entertainment was through the courtesy of Mr. A. P. Keith...