Word: amateur
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...will leave a huge gap in American athletics that will be a long time healing up, while such men as Baker and Goodwin are objects of pride and admiration to their countrymen, still the fact that they confine their powers almost entirely to college games and seldom enter open amateur competitions, detracts considerably from their importance as representatives of athletics in this country. * * * What a splendid list of high jumpers we have now. Page, little, wiry, cat-like Page, hit the record such a crack this year as to send it up to 6.00 1-4. * * * Then Reinhart stands...
...George, the English runner now visiting America, has a young brother but 17 years old who is meeting with great success in amateur races across the water...
...ever, while the audience expressed their customary approbation. Although the Glee Club carried off the honors in the matter of encores, the Pierian was not behind in real success. Of course there was noticeable at times the roughness and lack of precision which is the unavoidable accompaniment of an amateur performance; while in one place there was a distressing want of harmony in the reed instruments, yet all such blemishes were of wonderfully rare occurrence. Meyerbeer's imposing march won a well deserved encore. Mr. Hillebrand's solo may be truly said to be artistic. It was a rendering which...
Opening the book one finds that several new societies have joined the long list, winning for themselves places in this interesting volume of college archives. The Harvard Monthly, the Art Club, the Ornithological Club, the Society of Amateur Photographers, the Shakspere Club, which it is supposed takes the place of last year's "Shakespeare" Club, the '88 Glee Club, the university and '88 chess Clubs, and the '86 Whist Club all appear as new organizations. The Art Club by its large membership, gives evidence of real prosperity; and the sight of the Harvard Monthly among the college publications is most...
...professors be persuaded to give one or more elementary lectures embracing the main arguments on both sides of the discussion, and considering briefly the position of England and America relative to the question. Such lectures could not fail to be popular, and would give many of the amateur economists in college an opportunity to study the logical grounds upon which Harvard, at least, stands as an advocate of Free Trade...