Word: evens
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Lush Harvard had a long string of baseball victories to her credit; yet in one season, Mr. Lush turned out a nine from poor material which defeated a Harvard nine of veteran calibre, coached under an amateur system. The converse, nearly, is true in rowing, though Mr. Wray had even a more difficult task, because he had to oppose a professional system of marked success. Yet Mr. Wray's success here and his superiority over his amateur predecessors is unquestioned. Track has always seemed to be a sport where the professional trainer is necessary. Thus we have...
Towards the end of the Middle Ages, work began to be paid for in money, and this work was paid better than in the fourteenth or even in the nineteenth centuries. Laborers were paid better than servants, but with the advent of the present social system and the growth of luxury, the conditions became reversed...
...from Yale 35 to 18, and from Pennsylvania by default, but was beaten by Columbia 29 to 24. If the team defeats Princeton, Harvard will win the intercollegiate championship. Princeton has defeated Brown and also Columbia, but judging from scores Harvard and Princeton seem to be about even in the swimming events. The water polo game should go to Princeton by a narrow margin...
...commandment concerning keeping the Sabbath day has less exemplification than any of the other commandments, although even here, we find that all animals have a certain period of rest during the year...
...continuous devotion to athletics and the amount of absenteeism involved in membership on some University athletic team during the whole University year. The rule applies only to intercollegiate, not to interclass or intramural contests, and was not designed to prevent men from taking any amount of exercise desired, or even from indulging in continuous training...