Word: contestant
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...starter. The other officers of the games will be appointed by a committee of two, consisting of one representative each from Harvard and Pennsylvania. It is further ruled that both colleges must name their four candidates for each event three days before the date named for the contest...
Harvard's victory in the intercollegiate chess match, though won by a small margin, was a very satisfactory one. The contest with Columbia was intensely exciting and the winning of the individual championship by the latter college made the division of honors a very even one. We congratulate Harvard's representatives on their well-earned success...
...conclusion of arrangements for a spring meeting in track athletics between Harvard and the University of Pennsylvania has happily been brought about during the vacation. Pennsylvania's strength in this department of athletics has been well demonstrated in the intercollegiate games of recent years. The contest for second place last spring was a close one and a trial of strength between the two universities alone under the present arrangement will be of the greatest interest...
Debating in Princeton has always aroused a great amount of interest. The Lynde debate at commencemet and the '76 Prize Debate on Washington's Birthday are well attended and vigorously contested. However, the interest has never before reached the height that it did in the last three weeks. The men who represented the college in the debate with Yale on last Friday were among the very best thinkers and speakers in the college, and the undergraduates and all, notwithstanding the admitted fact that Princeton had the worst side of the question, had the greatest confidence in the ability...
Parallel bars contest, F. R. Lehlback...