Word: americanism
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...class races will be held on Saturday, May 16, two weeks before the American Henley. There will be three crews from each class and the winning upperclass crew will receive their numerals whether the Freshmen win or not. The winning boat will probably go to the Henley Regatta, and a race with some outside crew will be arranged for the second. After the class races the crews will be graded and hold races later in the spring. The winning crew will receive the club insignia...
...various times, attempts have been made to crystallize this interest into a permanent form; up to the present, however, nothing has been done. It is obvious that, among the various University organizations which give theatricals, there should be one devoted to the presentation of modern plays by English or American authors. The annual productions of the Cercle Francais and the Deutscher Verein are well-supported and usually successful; and if this is the case, it seems safe to assume an even greater success for plays which have a more popular and racial appeal. Moreover the Harvard Dramatic Club will...
According to present plans, the trials for the American team at the Olympic Games will be held at Franklin Field, Philadelphia, on June 6, a week later than the date of the Intercollegiate games. Trials will extend over a wide variety of events, such as swimming, distance and obstacle running, jumping and vaulting, weight throwing, and sprints and dashes. About 50 men will be taken to England with Mike Murphy, of Yale, as trainer...
...colleges to have the intercollegiate meet of May 29 and 30 serve as the qualifying games for the Eastern college athletes. The college men are trained to do their best in this meet and there is great danger of their being stale a week later, thus depriving the American team of some of their best men and lessening materially their chances for success. Since the larger part of the team is usually composed of college athletes, there is reason to suppose that this proposed change will be seriously considered by the committee...
...authorities at Yale showed their sympathy with the American Olympic Committee and their desire to make American representation at the Games a pronounced success by a contribution of $500 to the Committee to be used in defraying the expenses of the team. The I. C. A. A. A. A. subscribed $1000 on February 29, and at present the chances of financing the trip successfully seem excellent...