Word: talking
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...space of the Cage the only practice possible was signal drill, preceded by a passing practice for the centres. The backs spent their preliminary time brushing up the execution of old plays, while the linemen practiced on getting a quick start in charging. The inclusion of a black-board talk earlier in the afternoon completes a summary of the day's work...
...meetings will be the principal speaker. Mr. Coleman's topic will be: "The need for Social Service." Professor F. W. Taussig '79 will speak on "Social Questions and Social Service." S. B. Pennock 1G., will relate some of his experiences with Boys' Clubs, and R. T. Twitchell '16 will talk on "Social Service as an Avocation." W. Willcox '17, chairman of the Social Service Committee, will preside. After the speaking, there will be an opportunity to ask questions of the different speakers. All men in the University are cordially invited to attend...
...black-board talk on the M. A. C. game was followed by preliminary work consisting of individual coaching. The candidates for all positions were each given their share of instruction by Haughton's staff of helpers, the tackles, guards, and centres coming in for a general drill under R. T. P. Storer'14, S. B. Pennock'15, and D. C. Parmenter...
Captain Marlborough Churchill '00, will give an illustrated talk on "Modern...
Women, the war, athletics, and personalities comprise the range of subjects. Among the first named, virtue is apparently unknown. The weaker sex is subject to slandering remarks whose sole aim is to fill a gap in the conversation. When the talk wanders to the war, someone says "I hope those damned ------ get licked," and the subject is closed. Even on athletics where the interest is keenest, desultory remarks and blasphemies on Yale are the main element. Interspersing everything are biting personalities on another's physical or mental qualities. A tone of affected cynicism crowns the whole...