Word: skilling
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Corson, Occ, met Crandell of Brown, and by clever strategy first secured his opponent by a body scissors, then worked from a double arm lock to a spectacular fall with a sudden use of a head scissors. Captain J. A. MacDonnell '21, the body-scissors expert, showed his skill by securing a fall over R. D. Brown, his Providence opponent in the 145 1b. clas, in 5 minutes, 10 seconds...
...most promising bit of work is Mr. Low's story, "Coudreaux." It has obvious faults of immaturity, such as the attempt to treat in so few pages a profound and powerful motive in which much depends upon thorough characterization; but its author reveals an embryonic skill in tense narrative and a frequent combination of force with stylistic sobriety which imply that he has studied the best French raconteurs, especially De Maupassant. The greater part of the verse is vitiated by the common modern misconception that poetry is more a matter of highly colored language or of vapory obscurities than...
...present exhibit, the most interesting of which is the Humphries vs. Mendoza fight. The drawing is entitled "Foul Play; or Humphries and Johnson a Match for Mendoza." This extraordinary match was fought at Odihams in Hampshire on Jan. 9, 1788. After 25 minutes' contest, Mendoza by his superior skill is seen carrying off the honors of the day from his antagonist, when Johnson, after having revived Humphries by pouring cold water on his stomach, and finding him still weak and staggering, intervened...
...have excellent facilities for conducting intercollegiate boxing. Mr. Connelly, the University boxing instructor, is thoroughly competent. He has been successful at Middlesex School. There is every assurance that Harvard would be ably represented. The zeal and skill of the men actively interested as shown in the annual Harvard tournament may be taken as proof that intercollegiate boxing would be supported by the students...
...University has an especially severe schedule ahead and hopes to counteract the defeats meted out by Yale and Princeton last season. Most of the candidates have been playing squash throughout the winter to keep in condition and to develop skill and speed...