Word: contest
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...every man here who has any ability at all in speaking to interest himself, and to show his interest by taking part in the competitive debates. We hope that there will be a very large number of candidates for the honor of representing the University in the contest with Princeton...
...provides that the champion athletic events shall occur the last Saturday in May. This year such a provision makes the date May 25, whereas the first Saturday in June comes upon the first of the month. It has been the custom for Yale and Harvard to hold their dual contest before all the colleges meet; such an arrangement followed out this year would bring them together upon the track...
...track games, and in fact to any branch of athletics in which she claims that men in the college department alone are eligible, may aptly be compared to the position of a dwarf who considers that he is doing a favor to a giant by entering into a contest with him, with the big man's hands tied behind his back...
Great organizations of capital, by buying up all the machines, force the workmen to come together for employment,. Abuses exist simply because there is an eternal contest between the employers and employees. The placing of irresponsible power in the hands of organizations of capitalists is certainly very unwise, for no one can hold irresponsible power without danger to the interests of others. It is impossible for an employer to deal with his employees individually and have his influence felt by all the men in his employ. It is a physical impossibility for a man to discuss a question with every...
...means a good deal for Harvard to win five successive debates. It really proves that in this sort of a contest Harvard is clearly Yale's superior. Of course it is perfectly possible for the Yale man to say that his college was not sufficiently interested to call out her real strength. This is quite probable, but with all respect to the men who spoke last night, it is equally probable that there are scores of good speakers at Harvard who have not come forward. Judging by the work of the debating societies in the two colleges, however...