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...quick wit appreciates the position of her betrothed. She determines to act as if she herself were disinherited and had sought protection of him. Accordingly she suddenly takes offence at the Major's words and declares all their friendship broken off. Franziska is then intrusted with the delicate task of explaining this action and of convincing Tellhelm that he has in reality refused to aid one who was in greater need than he. Franziska plays her part so well, that Tellhelm that he has in reality refused to aid one who was in greater need than he. Franziska plays...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MINNA VON BARNHELM. | 1/5/1901 | See Source »

...first task before Captain Brown was to find a full-back, to take the place of M.L.McBride, who has been made head-coach for the coming year. Hyde, who was first tried this year, proved unsatisfactory, and Head coach McBride made the experiment of putting Hale, last year's centre, in at fullback. With constant coaching, Hale has improved steadily as a back, and is good man for the position. His line-bucking is hard and fast. Another important change has been to put Keane in at quarterback, so that the ratio between quarterbacks and halfbacks might be equalized...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Football at Yale. | 9/28/1900 | See Source »

...Cuban Summer School was conducted by the following: Business manager, C. C. Mann '99; secretary, W. E. Weaver 3 L.: assistant managers, H. J. Brown '02; G. M. Blakney 3 L. Holden Chapel was used as a bureau of information and as the office of the business manager. The task of setting the Cubans at once in their proper rooms on their arrival in Cambridge was provided for by the managent by assigning to the Cubans before leaving Cuba, numbered badges corresponding to their room assignments in Cambridge. Delay was thus avoided at the outset, but owing to the general...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Cuban Summer School. | 9/26/1900 | See Source »

...mark, should win the event, although Butler, Harris, Sprague and Haigh are expected to secure at least one point for Harvard. Sprague's injured leg and the possibility that Haigh will be saved for the quarter, make the placing of the men a very difficult task...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dual Games Forecast. | 5/8/1900 | See Source »

Some of the members of the University having found it impossible, on account of pressure of work, to write a journal during the month of March, the Librarian suggests that if any of these would be willing to take up the task during another month, he would gladly supplement the March journals by a few accounts written during April, May and June, and he requests any who would be willing to contribute in this way toward the completeness of the record to communicate with...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The March Journals for the Library. | 4/5/1900 | See Source »

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