Word: amongst
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...amateur definition, the big events for eights, fours, pairs and singles are open to the whole world. The colleges (but not the university boat clubs) of Oxford and Cambridge compete at Henley. So does the Leander Club which is formed almost entirely of Oxford and Cambridge men. Amongst other competitors may be mentioned the London Rowing Club, the Thames Rowing Club, the Kingston Rowing club, the Moulsey Boat Club, the Royal Chester Rowing Club, and the school boy clubs of Eton and Radley. The course is one mile and 550 yards in length and the water is non-tidal...
...express, nor have I expressed, any opinion as to the desirability of establishing an American Henley or a general inter-collegiate regatta. There are obvious difficulties in the way and not the least of these is the lack of any general desire amongst American University men for the establishment of such a regatta...
...notice of "Football Talks" reminds us that amongst all the lectures which we have under the auspices of the University, no distinctive course has as yet appeared which deals with "Physical Culture." Lectures on this topic, and on practical Hygeine would, we imagine, be particularly acceptable, for, while the number of men exercising during the winter months is no doubt large, yet the number who take rightly directed, systematic exercise, is, we believe, woefully small, largely because of ignorance of the practical necessity of system in regard to bodily gymnastics...
...case to a sub-committee who expect sometime before Christmas to choose a head coach for the nine. He will take entire charge of the candidates until sometime in the spring when the nine has practically been chosen and then the team will choose their own captain from amongst their number...
...sought to introduce into the schools of his time, are still urged by progressive educators, though only recently finding favor and adoption. The following extract from the English version of the proposal of these celebrations gives one a glimpse of his work and character: "Born in Moravia, working amongst Czechs, Germans, English, Dutch, Swedes and Hungarians, with friends in France and Italy, he (Comenius) has won, by his thought, as well as by his life, a universal significance. * * * As educationalist, inspired by Bacon, he successfully asserted the claims of experimental science in the grammar schools of his time; placed...