Word: skillful
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Most of the practice during the fall will be spent in developing accurate stick-work and in mastering the fundamental principles of the game. By reporting regularly for the autumn work, men with no experience can develop enough skill to become members of the team in the spring. Freshmen especially will gain from the joint practice with the University squad...
...country. Their business was simply to determine the best poem among the ten or fifteen submitted, judged as a poem. Because it was a good sonnet, and not because it was anti-German or anti-anything, "Gott Mit Uns" received the prize. "Dieu Avec Nous," written with equal skill, would have received equal honor...
...University lacrosse team won two of the four games played on its annual southern trip. In the first game with the Crescent Athletic Club of Brooklyn, the skill and experience of the older men was more than a match for the better condition of the University players, although Harvard clearly outplayed its opponents in the second half. The score ended 4 to 2 in favor of the Crescents...
...have changed since Bryant published his "Thanatopsis" in the North American Review. Almost every other department of college activity has seen a marked rise in efficiency, and there is no reason why this field should be left undeveloped. Recent "college fiction" has shown the acute need of sanity and skill in this field, at least. It is no logical objection to say that the undergraduate is not mature enough to write for the average reader. It is not so great a task to produce very readable fiction. There are numerous fields open to the ambitious author...
...main reading room is a marvel of decorative skill. The scaffolding has been removed, and the ceiling decorations are nearly complete. The color of the ceiling, as well as the polished stone pillars and side columns, is a deep yellow. The lighting is accomplished by means of diffusion glass, which will be in place in a month. The plastering here, as throughout the building, is finished, and the tile work is rapidly coming on. The book cases for this room have been ordered; the massive centre tables are ready and waiting to be inserted...