Word: contest
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Plans are being made for a field meeting Chicago at which all the Western colleges may contest for the championship of the West...
...indifference while they take such a course. Harvard's prospects in baseball have not been so gloomy for years as they are at present. Part of the responsibility for the reputation which Harvard shall gain in the coming year rests upon the freshmen. The nine is almost certain to contest with nines from other colleges, and it will probably meet Yale. The standing of the freshman nine in relation to the other class nines may be of little account, but its standing in relation to the freshman nines of other institutions is by no means of small importance...
ment which has thus been entered into, provides for debates between the two universities for the next two years. Three members of the Michigan faculty will be asked to select the question for debate. A preliminary contest will be held March 2, at the University of Michigan and the final debate will probably be about a month later...
...vexatious question of their use and abuse) undoubtedly stand as prizes, open to a certain class of fellows previously trained to enter a competition as definite in its rules and qualifications as those met by a record-breaking athlete. Not every athlete wins a cup in his first contest. Neither does every promising fellow win a scholarship. Neither the very rich man nor the very poor is in the contest at all. The poor man cannot train for a scholarship and earn his living at the same time. Yet this same poor fellow, Mr. Bolles recognized, often brought...
Should the games be held in Philadelphia, they could easily be made a financial success. The interest in any contest between the two institutions has of late grown so intense that even a field day in which they strove for glory would be attended by many enthusiastic supporters of both colleges. The financial success of such an event could be further assured by the number of supporters of both institutions who are in Philadelphia...