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...finish and uses his great strength far more to the advantage of the crew. The same may be said of 4, Sprague, who in the fall rowed in a very cramped and ungainly style, though he undoubtedly worked. He has now acquired much greater freedom of movement. His chief fault is a heaviness of the hands at full reach, which often causes him to be late in beginning...
Nearly all the speakers showed intelligence in their general treatment of material, but nearly all showed a tendency to try to cover altogether too much ground. Aside from this, the most noticeable fault was a general crudeness in form. Very few men spoke directly and forcibly at their audience and many had bad mannerisms. It should be said, however, that the men had in general a good flow of language and spoke entirely without notes...
Yesterday afternoon the 'Varsity baseball squad practiced out doors again for the first time in nearly two weeks. The weather was too cold and the ground was too heavy for very good work but the men as a whole did very creditably. The most noteworthy fault was an almost general tendency to overthrow...
...order: E. M. Gregory '97, F. C. Gratwick '97, W. B. Truesdell '97. Gregory was good in form but rather too general in his argument. He made one or two contradictions which left an opening for the negative. Gratwick had good form and made an effective speech. His chief fault was in neglecting to rebutt the argument of the speaker before him. Truesdell showed careful preparation and made some telling points; he lost greatly in effectiveness, however, by a strained, unnatural delivery...
...thought to be the case, the fault lies, not in the drains, but in the heavy soil above, so that the water can not sink through, a large bulk of the old earth must be removed and new substituted. As it would then be impossible to grow a good turf and get the gridiron ready in time for the first games, that part of the field will be left as it is until the rest is finished...