Word: contestant
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...University of Virginia, Yale met a team on last Saturday that was green, light and mediocre. Virginia had an execrable defensive team, while such offense as it showed lacked variety and thrust. "Yale will do well to accept the outcome of the contest with proper humility and reserve her inward gratulations for indulgence at some future date," said Lawrence Perry, sporting editor of the New York Evening Post. In further comment on the game this same critic points...
...Society wishes to call to the attention of all those in the University who are interested in aeronautics the medals offered by the Aero Club of America for the best essays on aeronautical subjects, and it will give any information it can to those who desire to enter the contest. The three subjects for the essays in the contest, which is open to more than 200,000 students throughout the United States, have been designated as, "Military Aeronautics," "Mechanics of the Aeroplane and Possible Development in Aeronautics" and "Possible Application of the Aeroplane for Utilitarian Purposes...
...Nelson Prizes in Plumbing announces that during 1916-17, $200 will be awarded for the best paper on the practice or theory of plumbing. These prizes are named in honor of Mr. N. O. Nelson, who has devoted himself to the general improvement of living conditions. The contest is open to any student or instructor in the University...
...second University team, however, has a stronger defence and a more diversified attack this year than it has had before so early in the season, so that they should be able to put up a fast and strong game, with good prospects for a victory in their initial contest...
...soon as the size of the squad warrants it, the players will be divided into four or more teams, who will contest for the possession of a number of individual cups, which are awarded to the members of the winning team...