Word: chosen
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...which deal with the problem of preserving the absolutely amateur character of the games. The Harvard-Yale team as it was finally formulated consisted of 17 competitors, two men being taken for each event except the mile and three mile for both of which only three competitors were chosen...
...memorial to their son, George Alexander McKinlock Jr., his parents could not have chosen a finer tribute than another Freshman Hall. It is at once a splendid commemoration to one who never lived beyond the years of youth himself and it is also a substantiation of a major note in the university's aims--that of making the first year as pleasant and as satisfactory as possible. McKinlock Hall joins the distinguished company of Smith, of Gore and of Standish and like them it stands as a vital and powerful influence on the men of Harvard...
...gasped, the musicians faltered. The brawny arms of Basso Chaliapin were beating out an aerial quick-step at the orchestra in the middle of a duet. Before the nervous and fascinated audience, Conductor Alwin brought the orchestra to order with a sweep of his baton, held it to his chosen tempo for the rest of the opera. Sequel: A riled audience reserved applause for minor singers. An indignant press flayed the impertinence of the rebellious foreigner, Feodor Chaliapin. An exhausted conductor said that for Basso Chaliapin, he would conduct no more...
Smith ran in the mile in the Yale meet, and was prevented from showing his wares in the 880-yards. Porter, placing third in the half-mile, was chosen as second man in that event to Hogan of Yale, the winner. It was decided to give Smith a chance, and in a special trial race last Friday, the Sophomore runner outfooted J. S. Malich '27, J. C. Peet '28 and Porter to the tape in a 2.01 half-mile...
...Harvard-Yale track team which will meet the Oxford-Cambridge forces at Stamford Bridge, England, on July 9, is practically complete. One place in the 220-yards hurdles is still disputed between Sherman and Wood of Yale, but the athletes for the other positions have been definitely chosen...