Word: speeding
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Tomorrow the ceremony begins; one by one we file in, take our guess, and leave. The Orals differ from other examinations in they are the only tests for which one cannot prepare. They are merely a matter of imagination, sang-froid and volubility, or what the ball player calls speed, and accuracy of control. Like the same sport, three misses and the candidate is "out" for the rest of the year. We advise a little preparation on the fundamentals and the rest is easy sailing...
...have more men. Let us have more camps and cantonments. Let us begin to build them now and speed them to completion with all the boasted American energy and drive. It takes three months to build a cantonment. It takes from six to eight months to make men into soldiers ready to go overseas. We must make our plans now for next year...
Neither Coach Haines nor Coach Fitzpatrick have had their charges under the watch, and consequently their time is unpredictable. Whatever their speed as compared with former years, a close match is expected this afternoon. Coach Haines expressed confidence in a Crimson victory but by a very slight margin...
...absolutely new start for crew work in both colleges, no true comparison of the opposing eights can be made until after the race. The outcome of the clash between the Freshman crews can still less be forecast, as the 1921 eights have not yet been forced to show their speed and no basis, other than preparatory school records, for a comparison of the individuals exists. As neither the University nor 1921 crews have been put under time trials, their speed is an unknown quantity...
PRINCETON, N. J., APRIL 8.--The total for the first two days of the Third Liberty Loan Campaign at Princeton University was $1,250. Subscriptions are coming in with gratifying speed from all classes...