Word: contestant
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...Wednesday evening the first half of the annual gymnastic contest for the university "Y" and freshman class numerals was held on the floor of the gymnasium. The field of entries was large and E. C. Butler '07s., captain of the university gymnastic team, scored the greatest number of points, with A. C. Gilbert '08m.s., winner of last year's contest, second...
...Sophomores will play the Freshmen tomorrow, and the deciding contest between the winners of the two previous games will be played on Saturday...
...Columbia he entered College with the class of 1907, and has been actively connected with debating throughout his course. In his Freshman and Sophomore years he was a member of his class debating teams. During his Junior year he won the second prize in the Boylston Prize Speaking Contest, and he also won the Coolidge Prize in the trials for the team that debated against Princeton last year. This is his second University debate. He is vice-president of the University Debating Council...
Harvard was defeated by Yale Saturday afternoon on Yale Field, New Haven, by the score of 6 to 0, in a contest which was marked by fierce, determined play by Yale, by brilliant individual work and powerful resistance on the part of the University team, but most of all by a skilled use of open plays. Yale's touchdown, very near the close of the first half, came as the result of a recovered onside kick and a long forward pass from Veeder to Alcott on Harvard's four-yard line, when the former had dropped back...
...decided slump followed this game, but a week of hard work, given chiefly to developing the open game and perfecting the defense, offered substantial encouragement when Yale defeated Holy Cross by three touchdowns. The first half of the season closed with a splendid contest against Pennsylvania State. Yale's goal was frequently in danger, but the strength of the defense at critical times was the redeeming feature. Yale was victorious...