531. Avoid successive but or for clauses.
Jerky. But when I had gone about a mile I thought I could go no farther, but I kept on.
Smooth. When I had gone about a mile I thought I could go no farther, but I kept on.
Revise. I wanted to leave town, for I was disgusted with the place, for I had not made a single friend.
PRACTICE
1. Football is a game for the psychologist, and recognizing this coaches in the past few years have paid an increasing amount of attention to the mental attitude of their players. (500)
2. The freshmen gathered at Lake Austin in the afternoon to plan the bombardment of B hall, and in spite of the fact that the excitement on the campus during the early evening promised an interesting conclusion to the day’s events, nothing unusual happened to break the monotony until half past two in the morning, when word was brought to the waiting sophomores that the freshmen had assembled on Brackenridge field and were preparing for the attack. (501)
3. Francis Neilson will give a talk at eleven Wednesday morning in the room of the historical society. He will talk on contemporary political and economic problems. (502)
4. The Y.M.C.A. membership contest has been finished. It extended for three weeks. Keen interest was shown by the rivals for first place. Reuben Melin won, and Clarence Koski was second. (503)
5. The programs for the hop have attractive covers of gold felt with a black “I” in the center. Ogle’s ten-piece orchestra will furnish music for the dance, which will be in Varsity hall. Coach and Mrs. George D. Hanshaw and Prof. and Mrs. Oscar J. Walters will chaperon. The money cleared from the hop will buy blankets for the sixteen men who won football letters. (504)