Word: contestant
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...conditions of the contest allow the exhibitor to have all the work except the actual exposure done for him, but in case of a tie preference will be given to the man who has actually finished his own pictures. The first selection of prints for the Intercollegiate Exhibition will be made from those submitted for this competition...
Candidates for the freshman crew will be called out on January 12 and for the University crew on the 17th. The outlook for both crews is very promising. The late fall rowing served to bring out much new material. In the first half of the annual contest for the University "Y" and freshman class numerals a. C. Gilbert M. S., won the greatest number of points. Of the freshmen entered, R. Barlow made the highest score...
...interesting, but one-sided debate, the Juniors last evening defeated the Seniors in the second contest of the interclass series. The winning team supported the negative side of the question, "Resolved, That if it were possible a reasonable property qualification for the exercise of the municipal franchise in the United States would be desirable...
...statement that opportunities for foul play do exist, we agree. Opportunities are ample, but the only way to overcome temptations is to meet them face to face. Our opponents say that the tendency is too strong to play to win at all costs. Take for example the recent contest between Princeton and Yale. Both teams were anxious to win, but a cleaner contest has never been played on a college football field. Having met and refuted all the arguments of our opponents, I wish to restate the three main contentions of the negative. Football creates a clean and wholesome spirit...
...great stress on character, but in the definition of this term they have been very indefinite. Character has improved as rapidly throughout the United States as in the college world alone. We are discussing the game of football not the men in the stands. We affirm that no other contest, as a contest, has so many evils as football. Our opponents talk about bumps and oruises. Ask some old football men. They will tell you how they have been completely exhausted by their undergraduate "efforts to win," and how as a result their constitutions are weakened. The men who play...