Word: exaction
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...attempt has been made to put the men into permanent squads, although this will be done next week. Class squads will then be formed and captains elected who will coach the candidates for the interclass games to be held the week previous to the Christmas recess. The exact dates for these games have not yet been decided...
...Freshman team will go into the game with a number of substitutes, as Carrick and Montgomery have been taken for the University squad, and several men are laid off with injuries. The exact line-up of the team has therefore not yet been decided upou. The Sophomores will play as follows: r.e., G. Brooks; r.t., Gring; r.g., Joy; c., Derby; l.g., A. Brooks; l.t., Webster; l.e., Rowley; q.b., Tilden; l.h.b., Dall; r.h.b., Bunting; f.b., Robeson...
...Whist Club will hold its annual tournament about the first of December, the exact date depending upon the number of entries received up to that time. The tournament will be open to all members of the University and blue-books for entries will be placed at Leavitt's today. The entry fee for each couple will...
...fundamental axiom of statistical science is that if the numbers of a class, that is, persons born, are indefinitely increased under constant conditions, the proportion of instances distinguished by some specific attribute called an average, converges to a fixed limit. The limit is often given not so much by exact numeration as by a presumption based on general experience. The premises of "inverse probability" rest mostly on this sort of evidence; which seems also to underlie some economic theorems. Of a similar character is the evidence that many kinds of events are practically independent of each other. From this presumption...
...punting, most of the attention was given to the ends, especially in dodging and blocking; but no marked improvement was shown. The signal practice was devoted almost entirely to perfecting the interference. The plays were gone through very slowly at first in order to show the backs their exact positions in boxing the end. During this practice the backs succeeded in boxing the ends successfully, but failed signally to do so in the succeeding lineup with the second team...