Word: equals
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...have allowed their interests to flag, have been left behind, so that Harvard and Yale have been justified in their exclusiveness. Of these two colleges, neither can claim superiority on the water, and neither can be ashamed of its past record. Both stand on the same level with an equal number of victories. The ambition to win is greater than ever before and, though much of the interesting display which usually attends a regatta with a large number of contesting crews is now wanting, the interest shown by people in the annual New London race is becoming more intense each...
...compensation of Fourth Assistant Examiners of the Patent Office is $1200 a year. The number of persons successfully passing the examination for this position is not at present equal to the demand. A book giving information upon the nature of the work in the Patent Office can be obtained from W. H. Blodgett, Patent Office, Washington, D. C. Persons desiring to compete for this examination should address the commission for the necessary blanks for application. Address all communications to the United States Civil Service Commission, Washington...
...lacrosse championship series yesterday afternoon, and Eighty-nine won by a score of 3 to 0. Ninety-one came to the field with only ten men, and Eighty-nine, who might have played with their full team, dropped two men to make the sides equal. Eighty-nine forced the playing from the start and kept the ball in their opponents' territory most of the time; but Ninety-one's defence prevented the other side from scoring for about 26 minutes. Griffing then secured the ball at one side of the goal, and, as Davis ran out and checked him, passed...
...James, of the University of Pennsylvania, speaking in a publication of the Philadelphia Social Science Association, of the expansion of college work from its ancient narrow field of mathematics and the classics to the broader field in which modern languages, history, political economy, philosophy and the sciences occupy an equal place with mathematics and classics, writes as follows...
...match. Cricket has struggled bravely on at Harvard against many difficulties and has steadily pushed itself to an important place in our athletics. The men who play the game practice faithfully and untiringly with a hope that the game will ultimately take a place of equal importance with our other contests. We wish cricket the success it certainly deserves...