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...feet. In his arms was the ball, 56 yards in front of him was the Brown goal line, nothing between. Until that moment, Brown had been ahead by the hair's breadth of a field goal; after that they were four points behind. Demoralized by so abrupt a slight of fortune, they failed to stop Lindley of Yale from crossing the line again, went home defeated, 13 to 3. If the pigskin used in the Harvard-Dartmouth exhibition had been retained by the animal which it originally covered, then greased, and in that state put in play, the feats...
When a student enters college from school, he is thrown into an entirely different environment and system of study than that to which he has been accustomed. In my opinion, this sudden change is altogether too abrupt. The preparatory schools claim to prepare boys for college but in reality they fall far short of any such preparation. True it is that they prepare for the Entrance Examinations but their success too often ends there. The Freshman knows little or nothing of college life, activities, courses, and absolutely nothing of the new system of studying and note-taking. Consequently, he flounders...
...Bratiano, paunchy Rumanian Premier, Alexander Constantinesco, Minister of Finance, and M. Atnonescu, Minister of Justice, left Bucharest for Brûsa near Constantinople to negotiate with the Turks a military alliance against Russia. The parley came to an abrupt end, however, Russian influences having forced Turkey to decline a Rumanian alliance...
...frontiers, as defined by Rumania, before discussing any other points. Russian Krestinsky proposed a plebiscite in the territory to determine whether or not the population upholds the Rumanian regime. This referendum proposal was referred to Bucharest and promptly refused by the Bratiano Cabinet. The Vienna Conference came to an abrupt...
...between the continuous violent exercise of organized undergraduate athletics and the spasmodic exertions of business and professional life is sharp enough to lead to terrifying theories of "athletic hearts". And although that malady has been proved non-existent there is still abundant evidence of the disagreeable results of this abrupt change...