Word: overtaken
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...draft age were lowered to nineteen, it seems highly probable that Harvard would be overtaken by the same sort of situation as that which has developed during these last three years at Oxford and Cambridge. I have been told that at Oxford at the present moment there are no more than 120 undergraduates; the situation at Cambridge being approximately the same. The dons, or, as we should say, the faculty, have had their incomes from all sources reduced at least one-half or two-thirds in most cases. While it is difficult to estimate situations of this sort before-hand...
...tumbling, M. Blanchard '18 was the most prominent figure at the beginning of the season, but has lately been rapidly overtaken by T. A. Smith '18, H. L. Kerr '17 should also prove a valuable asset in the tumbling event this evening. Of late J. M. French '17 has shown decided improvement on the parallel bars, and M. Blanchard '18, although he does not exactly fill the vacancy left by McPhail of last year's team, is, nevertheless, a very creditable performer on the side horse...
...second University eight was victorious in the four-mile race held in the Basin yesterday afternoon, the University crew being unable to overcome its long handicap of 20 seconds, although in one hundred yards more the latter would probably have overtaken the second. The third eight finished about six feet behind the University crew...
...Freshman team played a 35-minute practice scrimmage with the Boston Hockey Club in the Arena yesterday afternoon and was defeated by the score of 7 to 0. The Freshmen were slow in starting when they received the puck and were almost always overtaken before they reached the Boston defence. Adams and Sortwell carried the puck well, but were unable to cope with the greater experience and speed of their opponents. The Boston Hockey Club was strong on the defence and the Freshmen were never dangerous...