Word: athleticism
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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The competition was established by Mrs. Putnam with the idea that "the competition which has inspired young men to undertake and undergo so much for the sake of athletic victories might accomplish the same results in academic fields."
Berresford, who comes from New York City, is a graduate of the Horace Mann School. This year he is manager of the University baseball team, a member of the Athletic Committee, the Glee Club, and the University Instrumental Clubs, and is in the second group of the Rank List.
While at Cambridge. Terry's chief extra-curriculum activity was on behalf of the Harvard Athletic Association. On the days of the big games several hundred grads would turn up at the Athletic Association's office asking for duplicates for the tickets they had losten route. It was always a...
Nebuchadnezzar lay in the sun and ate grass. And good grass it was in days when few footsteps crushed its tender shoots and no motor exhaust laid a blight upon it. Not only its hardships but also its responsibilities have so increased that science must come to its aid. Last...
With the announcement of a gift of $ 125,000 by Mrs. William Lowell Putnam for the promotion of scholarship through contests between various colleges an entirely new field of intercollegiate competition is opened up. No longer will the undergraduate desirous of contributing to the fame of his college or of...