Word: slighted
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...course of weekly lectures upon some subject in which he feels a real interest, he will often gain the information he desires without outside work of any sort. How much more helpful are two or three lectures a week by some well qualified instructor, combined with even a slight amount of individual preparation...
...scrimmage was held between the University substitutes and the second team, in which the substitutes had a slight advantage, but were unable to score until given an extra down on the second's 2-yard line. The end running of Glider and Cutting was the feature of the substitutes offense. Their defensive work in the line was, as a whole, stronger than the second's; although the second team twice held them for downs...
With the exception of one player, M. C. Peirce, every man on the University team, who played against Brown on Saturday, was given a lay-off from practice yesterday. Forster and Browne are the only men suffering from injuries, however, and theirs are but slight. Forster has a wrenched knee, which will probably keep him out of the game for the rest of the week, and Browne has a slightly strained tendon. Lockwood was on the field, but practiced only punting and forward passing for a short time. The usual breaking through drill for the linemen was held...
...runs with Dennie or Mayhew carrying the ball, but except for the latter's long runs, they were unable to gain consistently. As a result, punting was frequent on both sides, and the ball was almost always in Brown's half of the field owing to Burr's slight superiority over Dennie. There was no scoring in the first half, but the University eleven rushed the ball down to Brown's 2-yard line towards the close of the half. Here, the visitors held and almost immediately afterwards, aided by two recovered onside kicks, got the ball to Harvard...
...yesterday three of Burr's long passes hit the ground without being caught. As a result the University team lost 45 yards in penalties for that play alone. Punts were exchanged frequently on account of the inability of both teams to gain their distance, and Burr had but slight advantage over Coach Daly, who punted for the second. The offense of the University team was weak and their plays usually failed to gain on account of poor interference and team play...