Word: contend
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth" was the text of Dr. Brooks' excellent sermon yesterday evening. Dr. Brooks' excellent sermon yesterday evening. Dr. Brooks said: A man that tries to be better than his world must contend with the misgivings of his own heart, and with the opposition of his neighbors. The standard of the time is determined by three things: the special needs of special times; the power of reaction and the power of some dominant mind. These things, however, are but temporary, and the result...
However successful the Glee Club is, it has always to contend with one serious drawback-the need of trained voices. Men come here from the preparatory schools with very fair voices, perhaps, but with little knowledge of music and still less careful training. The result is that the Glee Club has frequently to take comparatively untrained men and work them up to the requisite standard. If a part of this labor could be done beforehand, the saving and value of it to the University Glee Club would be infinite...
...made a record in the running broad jump nearly equal to the Inter-collegiate record. He will also enter the hurdle races. Other candidates who have done good work are Ottley, Hallock, Mottes, Swain, Schmidt and Norton. This year Princeton will send an increased number of men to contend for the Mott Haven cup. The disbanding of the Lacrosse Association will add greatly to the material for track athletics...
...Master of the Magicians," by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps and Herbert D. Ward, is an historical romance dealing with the period of the captivity of the Jews at Babylon. It is exceedingly interesting. It is seldom that a period so remote that "fact and fable contend for the field" is successfully treated as the foundation of a novel, yet this book brings out the customs and conditions of Babylon at the time of Nebuchadnezzar and Daniel in a clear and entertaining manner. The story leaves a vivid impression of the almost superhuman hower of the Babylonian kings...
...most interesting article in the April number of the North American Review to a patriotic American is the opening one on "Discipline in the Navy." Admiral Porter, the author, pays honor to the success of American naval officers in the difficulties they have to contend with, and cites the unequalled example of courage and valor shown by the sailors on our fleet destroyed at Samoa as a proof that the American navy needs no lessons in discipline...