Word: taking
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Dates: during 1920-1920
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Captains Horween and Callahan met in the center and Tiny Maxwell spun the coin. Princeton cheers were given for every man starting the game. Horween won the toss. Strubing, last year's Princeton quarterback, walked across to take the Princeton end of the lines. Sid Curtis has his customary job on the other jole...
...player, critic, scout and deeply interested spectator, I have followed football continuously for a long period of time. I very early learned and have frequently been distinctly re-impressed with the fact that an onlooker cannot take his eyes off the field of play for even a brief time without missing some very interesting proceeding on the field of play. I am certain in my own mind that anyone who attended a game and was compelled to rely upon a program in order to determine who had made some unusual play on the field would discard the program inside...
...view of Georgia Tech's complete triumph, the University might well feel disposed to take the Atlanta "Yellow Jackets" instead of the Kentucky eleven...
Every student in the College is now required to take during his four years at least six courses in some one field of study. Beginning with the class of 1922 every student must pass, before he can graduate, a "general examination" in this field. The institution of these general examinations by the University has attracted widespread attention and comment. This year there are 363 men who have chosen English Literature as their field for specialization, or "concentration"; 314 have chosen Economics; 200 are specializing in Chemistry; 178 in Romance Languages; 126 in History; 87 in Government; and 63 in Mathematics...
...English second. In that year there were approximately four men specializing in Economics for every three in English. Since then English has taken the lead. The reason is that beginning with the class of 1917, men specializing in the division of History, Government and Economics have been obliged to take a general examination. This requirement has been confined to this one division, and has had the effect of discouraging many men from concentrating in Economics. These men seem to have turned to English as the alternative...