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Word: evens (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1910-1919
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...field events and there is only one "H" man in the hurdles. Yale is hardly better off; they lose first-place men in four of the field-events. We were beaten this year because we were pitifully weak in the weights and jumps. Now we start again on an even footing with Yale and there is absolutely no reason why we should not develop men just as fast as they do, unless it be the fact that Harvard men are simply too lazy to come out and win their...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Communications | 6/12/1916 | See Source »

...large number of men have totally failed to bear their share of the University's athletic responsibility, and as a result, the excellent work of our sprinters and long-distance men has often been offset by the shortage of entries in the field events. And to make the situation even worse, the only reason that can be assigned to this lack of material is laziness or indifference...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE TRACK OUTLOOK. | 6/12/1916 | See Source »

...prevailing sentiment here has been that even should Roosevelt be nominated by the Progressives, he would be quite likely to refuse the nomination in order to preserve party unity. At times during the day it was even thought that the Progressives might not name the Colonel after...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HUGHES LED ON FIRST BALLOTS | 6/10/1916 | See Source »

There are nearly 800 separate pieces. Four relate to Nell Gwynne and the Duchess of Portsmouth. A large and valuable collection concerns the Duke of Monmouth and the rising in the west of England and an even more wonderful series concerns the Rump Parliament, among which are many of a satirical character. Another extraordinary series printed in 1659 deals with the affairs leading to the restoration of the Monarchy, also various ordinances issued by the Royalist and by Commonwealth Parliaments, and a large number concerning the doings of Charles I during the most eventful period of his history. Accounts...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LIBRARY PURCHASED UNUSUAL SEVENTEENTH CENTURY WORKS | 6/9/1916 | See Source »

...head of it. Professional coaches, of course, are a necessity in nearly every field of amateur endeavor, and the Pierian is no exception to this. It should by all means have a professional coach, but on the concert platform it should be led by one of its own members, even at the risk of a less finished performance...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE PROFESSIONAL CONDUCTOR. | 6/9/1916 | See Source »

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