Word: checks
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Trials for the University tennis team will be held this afternoon on Jarvis Field. On arriving at the Field contestants should place a check against their names on a list which will be posted, so that their opponents may know whether they are present. The results of all matches must be left at the Field...
...operative stores managed by undergraduates will be opened at Oxford University at the beginning of next term. In addition to lowering the prices of various articles and distributing profits among the students, it is hoped the inauguration of this plan will check the credit system which tempts undergraduates beyond their means. The stores are modelled on those in the University of Dublin, which have been successful...
...sorts of possibilities suggest themselves. For instance, an individual actuated by a fifth group desire to assist the destitute Jones family might mail a check of such a comfortable figure that the Jones' would readily testify to the individual's right to receive a first group in his philanthropy course. Why, one might even obtain his Phi Beta Kappa key for a prescribed number of checks--the plan is limitless; or, perhaps, our less fortunate fellows are to be doled out in equal proportions for the craving philanthropists to practice their good works upon...
Since the regular diamond is still soft, the second team field was used. The ground was rough, prohibiting smooth fielding. Coach Sexton kept the pitchers in check, and only a few curves were used. Six pitchers and five catchers were each able to get several innings of work. H. R. Hitchcock '14, one of last year's first string pitchers who has been hitherto ineligible will soon report for regular work, materially strengthening the pitchers' corps. In a few days the candidates will be divided into first and second squads...
...this point, the regular forwards, Smart, Phillips, Hopkins, and Clark, were sent in but were unable to check Yale's onslaught. M. Herron scored the last tally for Yale on a shot from the side near the end of the period, Yale's play was almost entirely individual, Gore and MacDonald showing up best. The half ended with Yale 3 and Harvard...