Word: drawings
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...three players who were tied for first place in the chess tournament finally decided to draw lots as to the best means of settling the contest. The drawing gave F. W. Nichols, '92, first prize; F. M. Brown, '90, second, and S. W. Sturgis, '90, third. The games among these players have been so even that several attempts to play off the tie resulted in one victory and one defeat for each man. So much time has been consumed in these matches the only practicable means of finishing the tournament seemed an appeal to chance...
...article and that the class of men which it describes is very much smaller than a person from reading it would infer. At Harvard, on every hand, may be found abundance of brain, talent, moral and intellectual earnestness. And the nature of the instruction given is calculated rather to draw men out rather than to 'cram' knowledge into them...
Society is composed of men and hence Sociology or the study of society is founded upon Anthropology. For by a study of the unit we can always draw important inference concerning the aggregate of such units...
...Marquand, Harvard '89, and Mr. Johnson, B. Y. M. C. A., contested the feather-weight sparring. Through all three rounds the fighting was very fast, and punishment was given and received. Mr. Appleton decided it a draw...
Washington is a centre in which great educational resources are brought together, and from which are radiated vast influences upon American life; and the fact that it is our capital has made it the permanent or temporary residence of very many leading men, upon whom a university might draw for its lecture rooms and council chambers. Moreover, Washington offers advantages for scientific research, which can be obtained in no other city in this country. The Smithsonian Institute, the National Museum, the great government Surveys, sundry Government commissions and bureaus, whose work is largely scientific, and many retired officers...