Word: skillful
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...balcony of the Chapel, opposite the platform, and is as large a one as could possibly be installed. It is a notable embodiment of the latest advances in the art of organ construction, combining the highest artistic results in voicing and tonal beauty with the greatest skill in mechanical and electrical details. The better characteristics of the organ of an earlier time have been retained and combined with the more distinctive qualities of the modern organ. Those who have been in charge of the work of installing the new instrument declare that the aim of furnishing Appleton Chapel with...
...rushes of Baker, suspected by the Lampoon to be "H.A.H." in disguise, were to insult the other members of the team. Suffice it to say that it was Baker, unhindered by the funny tired men, unaided, and unsupported who scored the winning and only goal, with the greatest of skill picking for his shot the four inches left open by the feet of Makepeace...
...editorial supports the scheme for an essay competition with Yale with a somewhat portentous psychological discussion. There are two stories; the longer, "Edged Tools" by H.L. Rogers, tells with considerable narrative skill the hackneyed tale of a drunkard who recovers his manhood under the influence of a girl and who relapses when she marries another man; the shorter, "Mary Hunters' Chair" by G. P. Davis, cleverly indicates the romance of two middleaged people as perceived by their children. C. G. Hoffman's "Yesterday" is one of those nondescript pieces of prose which seek to describe an atmosphere and a mood...
Hockey has been gaining rapidly in popularity. It is played through a long season and is the only winter sport. Certainly it is strenuous and requires skill and endurance. While it does not attract as much attention and stimulate as much interest as football or the other major sports, the game has been gaining favor rapidly and now receives the support of the entire student body. As an organized sport it is far ahead of the other minor sports in its strenuousness, requirements of skill and endurance, and popularity. Standing out above the other minor sports and possessing...
...event. The numerous accidents in recent years have not all by any means been due to carelessness: they are apparently an inherent risk of the hammer-throw as it is at present constituted. It may be unwise to abolish altogether an event which tests so well both strength and skill. But another year should not go by without a radical modification of the throw to eliminate its objectionable features. Whether this should be by increasing the weight of the hammer, by decreasing the length of the handle, or by some other means, is for experts to determine. The change should...