Word: america
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Overseers) will cover two of these weeks. Harvard must by all means be honorably represented, as the oldest and greatest of American universities; and her athletic circles must begin to consider the matter from now. It would be a great pity if Princeton should carry off the honors for America; and it would be a great disappointment to the few Harvard men, that I know will be present, not to see the dear old "crimson" represented in the fight...
...meeting of the Prohibition Club held last evening it was decided to secure Mr. John G. Woolley to address the students on Thursday afternoon, March 7. in Sever 11. Mr. Woolley is well known as the greatest temperance orator in America today. His subject will be, "The Norwegian System of Liquor Selling; What...
...annual meeting of the Intercollegiate Amateur Athletic Association of America was held at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, New York, on Saturday. Harvard was represented by N. W. Bingham, Jr., '95, G. Crompton '95, and A. H. Bullock '96. Forty-eight delegates were present. Michigan, Lehigh, Amherst, Williams, Vermont and Hobart were not represented and the last two named were expelled from the association. Syracuse, California, Dartmouth, and University of Iowa were admitted to membership. The executive committee met in the morning and determined the order of business. On their recommendation the question of alliance with the Amateur Athletic Union...
...questions to be considered at the annual meeting of the Intercollegiate Athletic Association will be in regard to sending an All-America team to England next summer...
After a lapse of about two thousand years the Olympic games are to be renewed, in the interest of international amateur sport. The prime mover in this revival is a young Frenchman, Baron Pierre de Conbertin, who is well-known both in his own country and in America, as an enthusiast in athletic sports. He brought about the international athletic convention in Paris last June, the result of which was an arrangement whereby quadrennial meetings will be held, beginning next year in Athens. Besides all modern athletic contests an effort will be made to revive some of the old Greek...