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...model of the Harvard football machine will get its initial test on the Soldiers Field turf this afternoon when the team from the University of Vermont comes from the Green Mountains to share in the festivities of another gridiron opening. The starting whistle is scheduled to blow at 3 o'clock...
...only an additional interest and which in its fourth completely redeems itself. The desired "checking up" mentioned by Mr. Aiken is to be discovered at the end of the student's final year; there it lies in wait for him in the shape of examinations calculated to test the worth of the theory itself, the tutee and the capability of his tutor...
Wednesday the regulars pounded the scrub line for five touchdowns and then yesterday afternoon were called upon to put their prowess to the test again. The result was more than an hour and a half of much regulated and much interrupted scrimmaging, with the University backs wading through sterner opposition than they had met the day before for two touchdowns. The score was 14 to 0, but the score meant very little since the location of the ball at the beginning of each offensive drive was determined entirely by the coaches. Anywhere from their own 20 to the Seconds...
...Upon one occasion, at least, Alfonso was put to an extreme test of courage. Deciding to visit a leper colony in the midst of almost inaccessible mountains, he rode on horseback for the better part of two days to the dread hamlet. There he received a great welcome. Never, in the en tire history of the colony, had a sovereign been so bold. Advancing through the street, the King was suddenly confronted by a leper, who ran out from a nearby building. Leering, his evil, malicious-looking face contorted in an ugly menace, he held out an infected hand...
...think we will all agree is the crucial test of a given state of civilization, is with us the weakest link in our chain of government. . . ." Mr. Untermyer then suggested spurs to "leaden-footed" U. S. justice-assessing dishonest litigants more heavily, taking action against perjurers...