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...above criticism. Nichols played for the most part a praiseworthy game, although not as brilliant a one as might have been expected. His dropping of the ball on Yale's 8-yard line and his failure by six inches to make the touchdown for which he was called upon, offset the value of the rest of his work. Schoellkopf's work in carrying the ball and his playing in general calls for high praise. At no time did he fail to respond to any call...
...seldom charge in time; the Dartmouth team on Saturday was almost invariably in motion before the Harvard line had started to meet them. On the defense, the line is uncertain and does not mass at the point attacked; on the offense there is a similar lack of concentration, partly offset by helping the runner along after he has broken through. Seldom does the line hold well enough to permit the formation of strong interference for the backs...
Since the overwhelming defeat by Andover last Saturday, the Freshman team has made but little improvement. In the attack a somewhat greater speed and aggressiveness has been partially offset by fumbling, and the defense is still very weak...
...finals of the singles will be played between Lyon and Bishop this afternoon at 2.30 o'clock. The men are very closely matched, for Bishop's greater occasional brilliancy is offset by Lyon's steadiness...
...gain of 15 over the final registration of last year. The three departments under the Faculty of Arts and Sciences show a gain of 27 over the corresponding figure of last year, a loss of 37 in the College and of 19 in the Scientific School being more than offset by the remarkable gain of 83 in the Graduate School. It should be borne in mind that technical questions of registration and classification in these departments tend to obscure the significance of the variations which appear from year to year in their separate enrolment figures. The Freshman class...