Word: contests
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Inasmuch as Harvard has accepted the Columbia challenge for the New London race, Chaff advises Pennsylvania to apply for admission to this contest, Columbia, having defeated us last summer and being the challenging party in this race, will have little to say in opposition; and it is impossible to see how Harvard, who pleads only the lack of money for refusing our challenge for a separate race, can consistently negative such an admission, in which the expenses will not be increased by so much as a penny,-if indeed they are not reduced by the receipts from the larger number...
...professional athlete stated Saturday evening that unless both "anchors" touch the floor at the "drop" a tug-of-war contest has to be pulled over again...
...excellent order maintained during the tug-of-war contest course much praise...
STANDING HIGH JUMP.The club swinging was succeeded by a very creditable contest between T. C. Bachelder, L. S., E. H. Rogers, '87, S. H. Fessenden, '86, and D. B. Chamberlain, '86, in standing high jumping. F. B. Fogg, '85, who was entered did not appear. All the men cleared the bar the first time. Chamberlain's jumping, although effective, was marked by effort and lack of grace. As the bar went up Bachelder first retired. Soon afterward Fessenden failed to clear the bar. Rogers and Chamberlain continued, until Rogers missed after three trials. Chamberlain. Chamberlain was thus left the winner...
SENIOR FORENSICS.The fourth forensic will be due on March 25. Subjects: 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 election contest? 3. Why does poverty tend to increase as the population and wealth of a nation increase? 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...