Word: contesting
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Therefore, let every man who has ever jumped or who has ever put the shot, enter the coming contest. All cannot win-what matter? All can help toward the grand result-winning the cup. Those who think they have no chance of winning here, will certainly, by the competition, oblige others to do better work. Quite possibly the unlikely ones may turn out the best. You never know what you can do till...
...sorry to learn that the freshman foot-ball team is still heavily in debt, in spite of the fact that the eleven acquitted itself so splendidly in the contest with Yale. One of the first principles that should be inculcated in freshmen classes here is that all debts honorably acquired in providing for the necessities of athletic teams should be paid ungrudgingly, especially when a man has worked so hard and faithfully in bringing victory to a class whose enthusiasm, so intense at first, now seems to be ending in a feeble cloud of smoke. Up to the present time...
...occasion. Both branches of the legislature passed unanimous resolutions calling on the president to resign, and Grevy reluctantly yielded. The danger was not yet over; the mass of the deputies were determined to elect Ferry, who was hated by the populace. With remarkable patriotism, Ferry withdrew from the contest, and urged his friends to elect M. Sadi-Carnot. His advice was followed and the crisis was safely over. France had passed safely through the danger which had always before overthrown the Republic. The fact that this happened gives us great confidence that France has outgrown her instability...
...addition to this, the Athletic Association held a bicycle run Saturday and has begun regular practice in throwing the hammer and putting the shot. Men will be sent to every athletic contest which may take place in New York and Brooklyn this winter to represent the University...
...this snobbery shows itself. Mr. X and Mr. Y, two freshmen, go to New Haven upon the occasion of a freshmen contest between Yale and Harvard. X is an athlete of whom his class is proud. Y is a butterfly. During the game, X distinguishes himself for fine playing. When the game is over, X and Y have a bottle of beer together and sleep all the way from New Haven to Boston with their arms about each other's neck! Very good...