Word: contestant
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...sentiments, and that I hope and believe few Harvard men have. If he and those of his opinion be so void of imagination, so dried at heart, and so lean of chivalry as not to feel the stir of a single inspiration from the past at entering that contest which has been shared in by so many Harvard generations-pray let them sit upon the benches and be silent. But to be brief...
...debaters themselves realize, perhaps as fully as any one, the responsibility which this growing importance of the debates brings to their positions and have worked hard and unceasingly in preparation for Friday's contest. They should not only be assured this afternoon that they have our best wishes for success, but should receive also our thanks for their untiring efforts to bring Harvard renewed success in debating...
...whole university is now interested in the coming debate with Harvard. The men who have been chosen to represent Princeton in this contest are hard at work and are putting forward every effort in the hope that they will be able to defeat Harvard, whom they realize as no mean adversary. The inter-hall committee on debate has decided to hold a supper at the Princeton Inn immediately after the debate, at which the debaters from both Harvard and Princeton will be present...
...preliminary list of candidates for the Harvard pair that will contest at New York during Christmas week in the chess cup tournament has been already published. The lists from Columbia and from Princeton are at hand...
...will hold a gymnastic contest on December 2. In addition to the regular contests on horizontal bars, parallel bars, long horse, and ropeclimbing, it is expected that Mr. Buerndt will be present, who is now the American champion on the horizontal bar and the flying rings, and also Mr Metz, the amateur champion club swinger of America...