Word: brilliant
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Competing against five other freshman teams in the I. C. A. A. A. A. contest at New York Saturday afternoon, the 1921 cross-country runners succeeded in placing second to Syracuse in the team championship and in taking individual honors through the brilliant work of Captain D. F. O'Connell '21, who won first place. Yale 1921 was third in the team score, followed by Pennsylania, Columbia and the College of the City of New York in succession. Syracuse, won the race because its first five runners finished well bunched among the first twelve to cross the line. The team...
...next contest was with the Pennsylvania freshmen. The Yale eleven outplayed their visitors throughout the game but were unable to prevent them from scoring when in the second half Pennsylvania launched a series of brilliant open plays. French was the star of the game, outpunting the opposing backs and making long gains. The last game of the preliminary season was against Andover. A 41 to 0 defeat for the school team showed the calibre of the Yale eleven...
...Thursday evening at 6.45 o'clock, is one of the most prominent public figures in America today. Not only in connection with student and Y. M. C. A. work, but also through public services of a political and general nature, he has won recognition as one of the most brilliant men and powerful forces in international activities...
...University a nationally and even internationally known figure in this field. In addition to holding positions such as chairman of the executive committee of the Student, Volunteer Movement, and general secretary of the international committee of the Y. M. C. A., Dr. Mott has gained the reputation of a brilliant speaker on war topics. He has recently addressed Boston audiences on subjects connected with his recent visit to Russia, and has consented to speak in Cambridge for the especial benefit of students in the University...
...this science with intent to make it his life work is eligible. He must show conscientious work and good grades. Unlike many awards, it is for no particular branch of the subject. This is encouragement for the steady, hard-working undergraduate, rather than for the man who is brilliant on tests, but unreliable in daily work. The reward is for efforts in college courses only, not for labor on a special outside subject...