Word: styles
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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According to these figures, the greatest number of injuries received in any one of the three years since the adoption of a more open game is less than one-third the number received in 1905, the last year of the old-style football. In 1905, the number of injuries per man on the squad during the whole season was 2.1 while last fall the average was 45. There is also a large decrease in the total number of days men have been away from College work on account of injuries and a corresponding decrease in the number of days absence...
...teams of three men each, as in former years, a plan which proved unsatisfactory, the contestants will speak on any phase of the subject, treating it as they wish. In awarding the medal the judges will consider not only the presentation but also the general knowledge, delivery and style of the speakers. The original intention had been to retain six men at the preliminary trials, but the contestants were so closely matched that seven were retained...
...Instead of taking part in a debate, the men in the final contest will be permitted to treat any phase of the subject. In making the award, the judges will take into consideration not only logic and clear presentation but also the general knowledge, manner of delivery, and literary style of the speakers...
...retained for the final contest on January 14, which will be public, and at which the speeches will be of twelve minutes' duration. In awarding the medal, the judges will take into consideration not only logic and clear presentation but also the general knowledge, manner of delivery, and literary style of the speakers...
...Cutting's "The Consul's Nightingale" is the best of the stories. His style has backbone, he has an eye for the humorous and the picturesque and a knack for making the reader share his vision. Finally he is content to smile without laughing. Of the "screamingly funny" type, on the contrary, is Mr. Prince's. "In the Days of the Gods," which appears to be a vague and completely bowlderized reminiscence of an episode in the fifteenth book of the Iliad. One's screams, however, are not long prolonged. Of ten august and ancient inspirations, and no happier...