Word: skillful
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...kicking, there has been considerable improvement. Marshall and Daly have developed skill in drop kicking, and Kernan, Ristine, Putnam, Mifflin and McGrew are all capable punters. Kernan is the best punter, but the others are not far behind in either form or distance...
...average weight of this line is 195 pounds, and as all the men are active for their weight, there is little doubt that a strong and vigorous line will develop. Neither Gould nor Rafferty are above the average ends, but are very reliable. De Saulles has recently developed unusual skill at quarter, and will fill the position excellently. Chadwick is the best ground gainer and is running in even better style than he did last year. Hart is not up to the standard, as he is slow in starting and uncertain in hitting the line. Wilhelmi is an excellent line...
...Freshman crew is well up to the average in strength and skill and should row a good race. The High School crew rows a very quick stroke and if they get the lead at the start may win out. Following are the orders of the crew,s and the weights...
...first Cambridge performance of the Pi Eta play was given in the theatre of the club-house last night. The play, though rather too long, went off very smoothly. J. M. Ross '01 took the part of Triptolemus B. Arnstormer, the half-cracked actor, with great skill. His acting and the songs sung by P. L. Fish '01 were the best features of the evening. The last performance of the play will be given Thursday evening at the club theatre...
...many cases an episode relies for much of its humor on familiar connection with undergraduate life; but in many more, this connection is assumed to furnish amusement unassisted. The "Specimen Conference" in History 1 fails for this reason, and wanders along, overshooting the mark, when a little more skill would have made it entertaining. The maudlin sketch, "At the Freshman Dinner" is live enough to read with more interest...