Word: touche
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...place of the one proposed. Of the three, that at Columbia is probably the best. If we compare it with the Ecole Libre we not only find it less thorough in the subjects taught, but we also find that there are many important topics which it does not touch, for example, there is no instruction as to the duties of the consular service. Such instruction could best be given by one who had been in this service, and this person could most easily be found at Washington. There is another very important omission from the Columbia school curriculum - Comparative Commercial...
...reports are true, young Beecher, the phenomenal quarter-back of the Yale foot-ball eleven, has had a very profitable season on the field. I am informed from very reliable authority that the boy's father promised him $25 apiece for every touch-down he would make during the season. The indulgent parent rejoices in his son's notoriety, which has cost him the sum of $400, as the youngster scored sixteen touch-downs. - Globe...
...Yale's analysis of individual playing, we find that Yale this year made 366 points to her opponents 11. Of these, Beecher made 14 touch-downs, Peters and Corwin, 6 each. The rest of the men made about three each. Yale, '89, has made 172 points to her opponents...
...Princetonian publishes an analysis of the individual scores made by the Princeton eleven this autumn. From this we perceive that DeCamp and Harris each made 25 touch-downs, and Lamar 22. The total number of points are, - Princeton, 637; opponents...
...time during the first half; and it was owing to an unprecedented combination of circumstances that Yale failed to score two or three goals. On the other hand Yale's goal was in danger only once, excepting the one time when the lucky run of Lamar secured Princeton a touch-down. The playing of Princeton during the first half was disorganized and lacking spirit. In the second half she improved considerably, but even then Yale's playing was superior. The score was in favor of Princeton by the sheerest luck. But in all the beauties of the game Yale...