Word: closer
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...second and more complete presidential canvass is being held among the Law School students. The result promises to be much closer than the one under the auspices of the Union...
...fourth round in the singles, Lee and Shaw played three closer sets than the score indicates, the result being a victory for the former by the following score: Lee beat Shaw, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4. Lee played his usual slow, steady game, while Shaw played carelessly. Lee plays Chase in the finals today at 12 o'clock on Jarvis...
During the past two terms, there has been a general endeavor throughout the college to draw those men who come from the same States or sections of the country closer together in their relations with one another by the formation of undergraduate clubs, which, while they serve as a social bond of union between the men in college, also stand ready to lend any assistance or give any advice in their power to men who expect to enter Princeton from the districts which they represent...
...means of intercollegiate matches of one kind or another, the University of Pennsylvania has of late been brought into closer relations with Harvard. In the foot-ball and cricket, annual games between the two universities have been arranged, and yesterday the Shooting Club had a chance of trying its strength against a picked team of four from the same university. As the score shows, the match was a very close one, but the superiority of the visitors was so evident as to leave but small room for controversy as to the respective abilities of the two teams. We are glad...
...anthems "Oh, for a closer walk with God," by Foster, and "O give thanks unto the Lord," by Watson, were sung by the choir, Mr. J. D. Merrill taking the solo parts...