Word: covering
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...main floor of the Gymnasium, twenty-four men taking part, twelve on each side. To distinguish one another the men on one side wore blue handkerchiefs on their heads while the men on the other side wore red handkerchiefs. As in lacrosse, every man on one side must cover his man on the opposite side. There is an excellent chance for team work. The game combines in itself the main features of basket-ball with the good parts of lacrosse and football...
...modern facilities, and these, it was claimed, were largely lacking in Greece. But now the success of the scheme is assured by the arrangements made. The Greek nation have responded with enthusiasm to the call for subscriptions and the expenses of a brilliant celebration will be more than covered. The ancient Stadium at Athens is to be put in order, its high embanked sides covered with rows of seats and the level part provided with a running track, so that the field sports and general athletic contests will be held in a superb place, capable of seating twenty thousand spectators...
...days. But there are a number of men who are able to get away - at any rate, a few athletic men could doubtless obtain permission for a five weeks' absence, especially as the Easter vacation (which I hope has not meanwhile been abolished by the Overseers) will cover two of these weeks. Harvard must by all means be honorably represented, as the oldest and greatest of American universities; and her athletic circles must begin to consider the matter from now. It would be a great pity if Princeton should carry off the honors for America; and it would...
...This does not mean that individual subscriptions, even in considerable quantities, are wanting, but that a large majority of the students display an unfortunate indifference to, or ignorance of, the financial needs of the Union. The Union can not hope to receive enough from its insignificant tuition fees to cover even current expenses; at present it is still further hampered by the fact that the payment for its new quarters in the old City Hall is not made up by the subscriptions collected to that end. The Union does not complain of this state of affairs, but it would have...
...education had been interrupted. They naturally entered the professional schools. In 1868-69 the percentage of College students was again at 50 per cent; but from that limit it rose gradually, during a period of fourteen years, until in 1882-83 it reached 65 per cent. These fourteen years cover most of the changes by which the standards of our professional schools were raised, and the number of their students temporarily reduced. From that maximum it has since steadily declined, until in the year 1894-95 it is again at 50 2/3 per cent...