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...past week special attention has been given to developing the forward pass and the onside kick, with the result that in the last scrimmage, which occurred on Thursday, the University eleven worked 13 out of 15 of these plays with the greatest success. Much time has also been spent in teaching the men how to prevent the successful use of these two plays by opponents. In the game today Captain Foster will fill the position of left halfback, and for this reason the secondary defense should be much stronger than it was in the Brown game a week ago. Besides...
...Underwood is a lecturer on biology and bacteriology in the Institute of Technology and has contributed several articles to various magazines. For the last twenty years he has spent from eight to ten weeks a year photographing wild animal life in the woods of Maine, and New Brunswick and in Florida...
Born about 1858 in Minnesota, the home of the Sioux, Dr. Eastman spent the first fifteen years of his life with his native tribe, where he never heard a word of English, and was taught to hate and distrust the white men. Later he went to school and college. He attended Beloit and Knox Colleges and is a graduate of Dartmouth and of Boston University. For the last fifteen years he has been a physician, a missionary, and a writer, and is a speaker of wide experience. Among his books are "Indian Boyhood," and "Red Hunters and Animal People...
...last year, and spoke of its prospects for this year. The new eligibility rules were hard on Harvard, he said, as four of the men who were counted on to play on the team this year were made ineligible. For this reason, a great deal of time has been spent on elementary work and the development of new material. The great characteristic of the team this year is the spirit of good fellowship among its members, a spirit which is invaluable in the development of good team work. There have been very few injuries owing to the principles inaugurated last...
Professor Ward is a graduate of the Ohio Wesleyan University, has spent several years of study abroad, and for a time held a professorship at the University of Syracuse. In addition to his work as a professor and lecturer, Professor Ward has written several books. He is a member of the American society formed in the interest of Russian freedom, and is an authority on the subject which he has chosen...