Word: contestant
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...team comes with a record of only one game, which was a severe defeat at the hands of the Exeter nine. Since this early contest, the visiting nine has showed a decided improvement in practice...
...annual contest for the Ricardo Prize Scholarship of $350 will be held in the Economics Seminar Room. The prize is awarded to that student who, at the time of the examination, shall write the best essay on a topic in economics and political science...
...contest is open to members of the Senior Class or of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, and the successful contestant will be required to devote the major part of his time to studies under the direction of the Department of Economics. Candidates must submit to the chairman of the Department a statement of their previous studies and any written work done by them...
...debate, and he probably did not even attend the debate which brought on his laughable and amusing attempt at a display of immature wit. Does he know how much work a debate entails? Is it any worse to lose a debate than to be defeated in an athletic contest? Would he likewise suggest that the members of a losing football team or baseball team should not be awarded their letters? Is his criterion of merit not sincere effort, but accidental result? Would he give recognition only to those who are favored by chance, and stamp out of existence those...
...steady drizzle which had been going on throughout the contest became a heavy downpour at the beginning of the ninth inning. Andover scored twice in the first half of the inning, but Umpire Pendleton was forced to call off the contest in the last of the ninth, when the Freshmen had two men on base, and no outs...