Word: contests
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...successful close on Saturday. They reflect great credit on the present board of officers of the H. A. A. Taken as a whole, they were fully up to the standard. What the first lacked from its small number of entries was made up by the ample number of contestants at the two succeeding ones. The failure of more than one to enter for a general excellence prize was a pity, as in former years the interest taken in this prolonged contest has helped to enliven some of the events which have a tendency to drag. Another year we shall hope...
...entries in today's rope-climbing contest give promise of an exciting event...
...entries for the meeting this afternoon gives promise of a meeting which shall equal that of last week in brilliancy. The programme will be commenced promptly at 2.30, and a notice printed elsewhere says that men must be on time or lose their chance to compete. Besides the contested event, the University crew of 1884 will give an exhibition pull on the hydraulic machines, just after the horizontal bar contest. The crew will row in the following order...
...contest for the cup resulted in another victory for Mr. Slocum, this being his second winning...
...fourth Senior Forensic will be handed in this afternoon. Subject: 1. Ought the government do anything to aid in reviving the commerce of the United States? 2. What ought to be considered the real issues in the coming presidential contest? 3. Why does poverty tend to increase as the population and wealth of a nation increases? 4. The influence of religion upon plastic art and painting. 5. Define realism as exemplified in novel writing. 6. The influence of Aristotle on modern thought...