Word: contesting
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...afternoon has been postponed and instead a game with the Brown University team has been arranged to take place at Providence this afternoon. This is our first regular game of the year and as the Brown team is said to be fully up to the usual standard, a close contest is expected. The Harvard team will line up as follows...
...rumored that U. of P. will send a team of nine men to England to meet Cambridge University in a dual track contest next summer...
There is every reason then to look forward to a close contest on January 10, which will afford not only valuable experience for the individuals concerned, but also a strong incentive to others to join the clubs. Hardly any field of college activity promises so much in return for steady application as does debating. There are few men indeed who can not expect to attain a reasonable proficiency in this kind of speaking, if they choose to try. The function of the clubs in the lower classes is to supply the opportunity, and they are well fitted to furnish preliminary...
...activity noticeable in the club this year is the more gratifying because it affords additional proof that the usefulness of the Freshman organization is not dependent upon an intercollegiate contest...
...done at Williams, Tufts and Harvard. Recently the Foxcroft Club was taxed for the first time, and now it is said that the University dormitories and Memorial Hall are to be assessed. If this question should be raised, it can be settled only by a long and expensive legal contest...