Word: callings
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...candidates for the position of coxswain of the freshman crew will call at Shepherds at 8 o'clock Friday evening, January...
About fifty men responded to the call for candidates for the Mott Haven team, yesterday afternoon, meeting at 3.30 in the Trophy room at the gymnasium. There was a decided lack of "heavy-weights," which betokens a weakness in shot-putting and hammerthrowing that must be overcome if Harvard is going to win at New York next spring. Tug-of-war men also were at a premium, and it is to be hoped more men of the heavy stamp will turn up. The following men have handed in their names as candidates...
...published in yesterday's CRIMSON a notice from the captain of the Mott Haven team calling for candidates for the team. He urged especially that the number of men to put the shot and throw the hammer ought to be large, since most of those who contested in this event last summer have left college. We hope this appeal will be answered by every man who feels that he has any ability in field or track athletics. The number of candidates for the Mott Haven team in past years has always been very large, and to this fact its success...
...bill will without doubt pass the Senate, as Senator Hoar and a few others have promised to take the matter in hand. In the House of Represen-tatives, however, such results can hardly be expected, as the bill will call for a large appropriation and for approval of the list of officials of the Hall of Records by the American Historical Association. This naturally excludes all patronage and spoils, and the representatives prefer to take up some more lucrative bill. Nevertheless, the association hopes that the bill will pass; however, if such does not turn out to be the case...
...should make the announcement of the establishment of such a class as I propose, it would undoubtedly call out men who have no intention of entering in the feather-weight contests. To have this plan a success, the announcement should be made in the near future, in order that the men may have an opportunity of training, which is an essential part of the duties of a successful sparrer...