Word: contesting
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1890-1899
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
There was no contest in the pole vault, as the number of entries was not sufficient. One pleasant feature of the games was the despatch and punctuality with which they were conducted...
...main part in the work of preparation for the important forensic contest with Princeton does not end, as the University at large has appeared to think in past years, with the fixture of these preliminary details. For these arrangements are but preliminaries. The success of the trial debate and the possibility of choosing the best men in the University depends on the individuals. Every man who will have a spare hour or two between now and November 10, should study the question for debate, and, whether he thinks he has any ability in public speaking or not, should contest...
...sincerely sympathize with the more sportsmanlike members of the team, and we feel sure that we voice the sentiments of every true Harvard man in assuring the class of 1900 our most earnest support in the coming contest in which it is to uphold the honor of Harvard...
...LAST WEEK.- With the close of the Presidential contest comes also the end of the World's Food Fair, which closes on Saturday, November 7, all reports of a longer continuance being without foundation. The grand musical concerts will be continued to the end, the John Boyle O'Reilly Band playing in Grand Hall, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, and the Naval Brigade Band the remainder of the week, while the Fadettes will render their choicest selections every afternoon and evening in Exhibition Hall. The four hundred spoons and countless souvenirs and samples will be given away as usual. On Tuesday...
Brown, Tracy and Fennell here had a kicking contest and Harvard got the ball on off-side play at Cornell's 35 yard line. After failure to advance by Sullivan and Brown the ball was passed to the latter for a kick. He dropped the ball but quickly recovered it and kicked the goal. Score...