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...that a continued string of cuts is advocated; that were folly of the worst sort. But surely full credit should be given for work accomplished and knowledge gained. The class-room is, first and foremost, a place in which something is learned. And a mark should be the testament of knowledge of the course, not the representation of the professor's personal feelings. Universities have long since outgrown the "little red school-house"; the schoolmaster attitude should also be a thing of the past...
...uncertain; although the Red and Blue nine was defeated in two straight games by Princeton by the score of 6 to 4 and 6 to 3, and lost to Yale 4 to 2, they showed an entire reversal of form on May 18 and broke Penn State's string of 31 straight victories by an eight inning rally; the final score was 4 to 2. Penn also divided a series of two games with Dartmouth, taking the first one in Philadelphia 9 to 1, but losing the second at Hanover 5 to 10. Penn defeated Bowdoin...
...University lacrosse team will face the Yale twelve at New Haven this afternoon at 3 o'clock. In recent practice scrimmages, the team has shown such excellent stick-work that Coach Percy Catton '15 is confident that his men will add another victory to the string that the University lacrosse teams have won from Yale. The offense men are working well together and the defense has proved to be dependable. Although G. D. Pratt '22 has been on the injured list this week, he will play goal...
...clock on Soldiers Field this afternoon is not as powerful an aggregation as the Holy Cross outfit that defeated the Crimson last Wednesday, it will probably show considerable strength both on the attack and on the defense. Ample reason for such a statement is given by the string of six victories that the Maroon and White has gathered out of seven games played. Its unbeaten record was finally broken at Providence last Wednesday, when it went down to defeat before Brown's fourteenth inning rally that broke...
...true that a mere string of wins does not necessarily testify to a team's strength, but the nines that Holy Cross has defeated are by no means third rate ones, while some of them are among the strongest contenders for eastern of southern intercollegiate championship. Among these are Princeton, Yale and Vermont. Princeton lost only by the small margin of 4-3, but Yale was swamped 14-1, and on May 7 the Purple again piled up a large score when it crushed Tufts 12-1 at Worcester...