Word: two
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...badly defeated in the preliminaries of the intercollegiate fencing tournament, held at the gymnasium of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Saturday evening; of the 27 matches, Technology won 13, Yale 12, and Harvard 2. This tournament was one of three preliminary round-robin tournaments held Saturday, the first two colleges in each qualifying for the finals to be held in New York on March 26 and 27. Annapolis and Pennsylvania qualified at Annapolis and West Point and Cornell at West Point...
...reason for their lack of interest lies in the game itself. Played on a hard floor in a poorly ventilated hall, it is naturally not as attractive as out-of-door exercise, and the games often more closely resemble free fights than friendly contests between amateur teams. Although the two-period rule may possibly prevent some men from going out, it can not account for the general attitude, and its abolition would be no considerable factor toward the success of the team. At other eastern colleges, notably Yale and Brown, similar disapproval has been expressed, but the teams have nevertheless...
...preliminary round of the intercollegiate fencing tournament will be held in the gymnasium of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology this evening at 7.45 o'clock. The best two teams will qualify for the finals to be held in New York on March...
...overcome the handicap of dialect and produce a story worthy of the name in the strange forms of tongue so affected by some writers. A weak tale is all the worse for being put into queer speech, and a good one is not bettered. It is possible that the two specimens of dialect in the present number are masterpieces, but it would take a keen judgment to detect the fact...
...Kneisel Quartet, assisted by Mrs. Edward C. Moore. Lecture Room of the Fogg Museum, 8 P. M. Program: Schumann, Quartet in A major, op. 41, No. 3; Mendelssohn, Canzonetta from Quartet in E-flat major, op. 12; Hugo Wolf, "Italienische Serenade"; Dvorak, Quintet in A major for pianoforte, two violins, viola, and violoncello...