Word: though
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Dates: during 1920-1920
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...heavily built, dark man usually carries the cloth, while one of a group of accomplices, giving a different name and card each time, sells the cloth. To disarm suspicion, they often mention the name of a well-known student as recommending them, and also speak of various Boston tailors. Though they have several times been apprehended, they have always escaped, through political drag and the size of the gang, without severe punishment. Several students have already reported being swindled, but if men are on their guard, the menace is slight...
Both the University and Freshman golf teams were overwhelmed by Yale yesterday afternoon on the Rhode Island Country Club links at Providence, the two scores being 6-3 and 7-2 respectively. Though playing a stronger game than in any earlier matches the University golfers broke even in the wosomes, each side winning three matches, and Yale captured all thre of the foursomes. This Freshman match was less closely contested, the Blue team outclassing the Crimson in every division of the game...
...Eliot says secondly, "no school or college should have a completely prescribed curriculum." Why not? West Point does not aim to produce a learned scholar but an educated officer, a man who, though he does not "know it all," is capable of finding out what he needs to know when he needs it. Certain courses of study have been found best suited and peculiarly adapted to the needs of an army officer; these are given the cadet. The rest of his time is devoted to learning the duties of his profession, horsemanship, marksmanship, drills of the different branches...
Horan, twirling for the visitors, has a combination of speed and a puzzling hook rare in intercollegiate circles. The Dugan brothers, in the van of the batting order, are a pair of sluggers who have been registering well above 400 this spring. O'Connor, a brilliant though less steady batsman, is a left-handed first baseman of experience and speed...
...strong team representing the Longwood Cricket Club will oppose the University tennis players this afternoon at 4 o'clock on the club's courts at Longwood. Though the Crimson team was defeated by Princeton and West Side Tennis Club last week, the sextet is favored over their opponents because of the absence of some of the latter's best players. The University line-up follows: Captain G. W. Helm '20, L. A. deTurenne '21, J. B. Fenno Jr. '21, C. H. Hyams 3d. '21, D. P. Robinson Jr. '20 and R. N. Bradley...