Word: equal
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...over-confidence and from this spring a score of evils. In other words, the Freshman crew needs to redouble its efforts between now and the 5th of July. As soon as their opponents learn whom they are to meet, they will leave nothing untried to place themselves on an equal footing. While congratulating our Freshmen on their victory, we hope that it will not turn their heads, and thus cause them to lose the race with Columbia...
...Sophomore year, and let there be, in addition, some good elementary course in English literature; give too, if you like, the writing of themes to Freshmen. This, of course, will necessitate a less amount of classics and mathematics, - studies to which no one can pretend to assign an equal value with the ability of reading and writing English. If the Freshman must have forced upon him required studies, is it not well that these studies should not be mathematical, since to many men the understanding of mathematical science is an utter impossibility; or classical, since the time spent in Greek...
...entries in the class meetings will be, as at present, one dollar for each event, to be returned to all who cover the distance, and the championship will be free to the winner of each class event, and also to any contestant in the class meetings who shall equal the lowest record of any class winner. No other entries will be allowed...
...wrist motions, which it would be impossible to execute with heavier clubs. As the two contestants represented entirely different styles of swinging, and yet each was most excellent in his own style, the judges were at a loss to decide which was the better swinger, and finally presented two equal first prizes, one to each of the two contestants...
...like to witness contests where there is no doubt of the earnestness and honesty of the competitors. This has hitherto made our intercollegiate rowing and base-ball and foot-ball take such a prominent hold on the public interest. We have proved in the first two that gentlemen can equal, if not excel, those who turn pastime into a profession; and there is no reason why the same excellence should not be attained in every other branch of sport. Thus it is that we regret the action of the base-ball managers, this year, in consenting to play with another...