Word: though
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...worthy and dignified manner. The story, "The Best Laid Schemes," begins with elaborate plans to catch the reader's attention, and then after complicated stimulation of his interest, leaves him with the sense that he has been duped into reading an inconsequential tale. Mr. Williams's "An Inexpensive Tragedy," though much less pretentious in its form, is much more interesting in its substance...
...present number of the Advocate, though somewhat inconsequential, proves that the pursuit of polite letters has not died out among the undergraduates. For what we receive, let us be duly thankful
...Harvard interscholastic tennis championship yesterday afternoon at Jarvis Field by defeating G. C. Caner, of St. Mark's, 9-7, 6-2, 6-4. The winner played a very severe, fast game, using an unusually well placed, high-bounding twist service and forcing the play at all times. Caner, though placing beautifully and playing in form very similar to Clothier's, gave MacVeagh many chances to rush the point and was not sufficiently aggressive. After MacVeagh had overcome a lead of 5-4 and 40-15 against him in the first set, he had the match well in hand...
...team hit the ball hard yesterday, defeating the Pilgrims 6 to 5. Fourteen hits for a total of 20 bases was Harvard's record, but Hicks kept the hits fairly well scattered, holding down the score. On the other hand, the visitors acquired but eight safe ones off McKay, though half of these were concentrated in the last three innings and, coupled with the misplays of the University team, enabled the visitors to pile up five tallies...
Sensational fielding was not the rule for either nine, though Potter accepted nine chances with only one misplay and Wadsworth made several pretty stops. The visitors made two double plays and the home team one. HARVARD. a.b. r. b.h. p.o. a. e. Rogers, r.f. 3 1 2 0 0 0 Wigglesworth, r.f. 2 0 1 0 0 0 Carr, s.s. 2 2 0 2 3 4 Potter, 2b. 3 2 3 3 5 1 Kelly, l.f. 4 0 2 1 0 0 Bolton, l.f. 0 0 0 1 0 0 Clifford, c.f. 1 0 0 0 0 0 Babson...