Word: minore
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Dates: during 1920-1920
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...meeting of the minor sport council was held last night in order to devise plans to stimulate interest in minor sports among the members of the University. For a number of years, interest in minor sports has been lagging and on account of the comparatively few men competing, minor teams have not been very successful...
That college chemistry isn't entirely a matter of bad smells and minor burns is shown by the nearly tragic occurrence which happened at Brown recently. A cylinder containing phosgene corroded and allowed this most dangerous gas to escape throughout the chemistry building. Prompt action on the part of members of the chemistry department saved many people from this menace. One of the professors entered the building equipped with a gas mask and placed the tank in a solution of sodium phenolate to neutralize...
...curtain has dropped on the football season. Baseball and crew are far away on the horizen. Hockey is drawing near but aside from this little interest is taken during the winter in the numerous minor sports that are now just commencing their season...
...heard to say just after the game last week: "We've got to beat Harvard at something; we'll beat them in swimming, we'll beat them in wrestling, and we'll beat them in the gym meet. Those Harvard men are too conceited to take an interest in minor sports...
Whether the reason assigned for our failure in minor sports is correct or not, the fact remains that we do not take much interest in them. Yale has consistently beaten us in swimming, wrestling, and in the gym meets. These are all good sports; they are all healthful and interesting. Is there any reason why we cannot be successful in squash, basketball, fencing, as we are successful in football, hockey, crew and baseball...