Word: constant
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...finish of the course. As only the end of the race can be seen from the stand, various methods are employed to keep the spectators informed about the progress of races from the very start. In the first place, there is a little telegraph office adjoining, through which a constant communication is kept up between the start and each separate half mile flag, and these messages are posted directly in front of the grand stand on huge blackboards erected for this purpose. Besides this method there is another, by which a red or a blue ball is raised as Harvard...
...power to issue a challenge as Sherrill was the person seeking satisfaction, if any challenge was sent here it would be promptly accepted, and he suggested Beacon Park as the place for the contest. To this no reply has been received. Mr. Rogers has been in constant training ever since, and has been making exceptionally good time. A gentleman met Mr. Sherrill at New Haven on Saturday last, and had a long conversation with him on the subject. He accused Winston of having compromised him in the matter, as he had no intention of running against Mr. Rogers till next...
...Yale University foot-ball team has presented foot-balls to all candidates for the team. They will be in constant practice during the summer...
...That in the opinion of the Board of Overseers, a more constant attendance at recitations should be required, and such attendance should be more stringently enforced than is now the case...
Sixth, the disputants have been appointed purely on their merits and for their interest in the Union. The names of the principal speakers will bear out this assertion. The Advocate says to get an appointment, it is only necessary "to be constant in attendance, in volubility and in activity." Now certainly this is not an argument against the committee. It would certainly be very bad policy for the management to appoint men who have been irregular in attendance, who have seldom spoken, and make a merit of inactivity...