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Captain Durham's from with foils had been one of the features of the early season practice. The veteran of last year's Yale match has been a consistent winner in the practice test matches by which Coach Danguy has been judging his men this winter...
...with college life. Then there is the man who feels the old, old urge of writing, and needs the stimulus of a competition to keep the flame burning steadily. And finally there is the undergraduate who is eager to apply the knowledge he has been absorbing, who wishes to test his powers of handling the multitudinous facts he has been patiently learning, who is prepared for a searching examination of his own powers of judgment...
...another worshipper of this ancient and honorable custom is gained. Intellectual weaklings grow hirsute and become mental Sampsons! If anyone still doubts the effectiveness of this superstition and fetish worship, let him read Professor Tozzer's new book. Let him test it as other religions are often tested: by popularity, and by pragmatism. Professor Tozzer's interesting chapter shows that the whole college world practices it today and that its adherents are satisfied of its effectiveness...
...five test matches, Australia had won two. These were the crucial innings. Australia had knocked up 739 runs, England 728, and the last man was in. A run was hit, off sped the batsmen along the pitch-too late! An alert "Kangaroo" had shot the ball into the wicket keeper's gloved hands and a fraction of a second later the ball flew off the stumps just a fraction of a second before the English batsman could shove his bat over the "popping crease" (batting line). England was beaten. Loud cheers and glad faces in Australia. Silence and long...
...Test matches are so-called because they imply a superiority test between the two sides The term seems to have been used first in 1880 when the first Australian team