Word: told
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Following the dinner, Major Higginson introduced William S. Hall '69, the toast master of the evening, who told briefly of the days when Harvard crews raced on Lake Quinsigamond. As an old warrior once said, "The battle of Waterloo was won on the cricket ground at Eton." The place to prepare for the struggles of life is in the struggles at college. He finished by presenting President Lowell...
...secret practice of the University football squad yesterday was very light, attention was given to details and there was no scrimmage. The work was very encouraging for all the players seemed to grasp what was told them more quickly than usual. Leslie, McKay, and Corbett were not dressed for play, but P. D. Smith was given a little work...
...opening of the scrimmage the second team was given the ball on the first team's 30-yard line. No downs were kept and the second team was told to score. A series of forward passes was tried, several with fair success. After about ten plays Johnson, who was playing quarterback on the second, caught a forward pass and ran for a touchdown, but the play was declared illegal. The first team was then given a chance to carry the ball. The teamwork was better than on the day before, which enabled Long to score after a series of line...
...story than the style. The author could well try rewriting The Coward many times; at the end it should be very effective. Corners in York, by Mr. Huckel, describes a ramble in the old English city under the guidance of an eccentric local character. It is well told. It takes some lines, however, for the reader to decide which York is meant, the only New York, the English city, or the old English settlement in Maine. Mr. Schenck contributes a story, Fate and the Traitress, novel in situation. The reader is quite taken by surprise twice during the tale...
...introducing Dean Fenn, Dean Briggs told the new students that every man has an influence in college and that it is each man's duty to make his influence the best...