Word: perfection
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...path which leads through the Yard, opposite Boylston Hall, they came upon what they at first thought, to be a cavity where old piping foundations had been. Upon further investigation it proved to be a round well whose sides were carefully built of stone and had apparently lasted in perfect condition up to the present time. The hole is about 25 feet deep and contains a good five feet of water at the bottom...
...fact that the pipes connected with it are made of wood which has not been used for such a purpose since 1860. The water which has remained inside them, apparently since they were installed, seems to have had a distinct preservative effect in that they are still in perfect condition. The men at work carefully tested the strength of the structure to determine whether or not it was safe to leave it without filling in, and decided that it was still strong enough. The walls were just as they had been left, not showing the usual signs...
...weather was perfect all day, clear and still this morning, and a slight easterly breeze this afternoon, but not stiff enough to interfere in any way with the rowing...
...championship hopes went by the board on Soldiers Field Saturday afternoon. Mahan was in the box for the University, and holding the visitors to four scattered hits, shut them out 3 to 0. Except for a bad throw of Hardwick's in the eighth, the support given him was perfect, Deyo, the Princeton twirler was likewise in good form, but at critical moments the defence behind him weakened. Two of the University's runs were gifts of Princeton errors...
...been displaced by M. B. Phillips '15, and the change seems for the better. In each of the last few games Reed has shown up rather poorly, for his weakness at the bat has been followed by weakness in fielding. Phillips failed to hit safely, but his fielding was perfect...