Word: events
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...twelfth century ideal was embodied in the fundamental conception of chivalry. The crusades were the great event of the period, but even they did not furnish adaquate material to supply the creative spirit of the time, and with the lack of material the power of the creative spirit failed. Thus Mediaeval types of art became grotesques and Mediaeval ideals of life ended in absurdity. The intense feeling for the rational which a familiarity with Greek and Latin classics gave to the Renaissance magnified the ridiculousness of Mediaeval ideals until Cervantes spoke for his age in Don Quixote...
...Manhattan Athletic Club standard gold, silver and bronze medals will be awarded to first, second and third in each event. The entrance fee will be fifty cents for each event...
...convention of the Delta Upsilon Fraternity, which begins here today, is a rather unusual event at Harvard. It has a certain interest, however, for every man in college. It will bring together a hundred or more men from twenty-five of the prominent colleges of the country. Most of these men will see Harvard for the first time, and their impression of the University will be formed during the few days of the convention. Many of them are western men who may in time, if favorably impressed, enter some department of the University, or who may, by carrying back...
...events in the handicap meeting on Holmes Field yesterday afternoon went off very smoothly, without much delay, the games being over almost at the time set on the schedule. While no records were broken, yet the events were, for the most part, closely contested and interesting. The number of entries in the events, especially the runs, was large but some of the men in each event failed to appear on time and were thus disqualified. The attendance was very small and the few who appeared on the benches at the beginning of the games gradually dropped off, till...
Twenty men were entered for the 100 yards dash and nearly all completed. The event was run in four heats. In the first heat ran, E. Slade, N. W. Bingham Jr., C. E. Mack, B. S. Priest and T. F. Allen. Bingham won, time 11 1-5 secs. Priest second. Second heat: A. Wertheimer, C. E. Bacon, P. Washburn, C. L. Hodgkins, H. W. James. Hodgkins won, time 11 2-5. Washburn second. Third heat, H. A. Bull, R. C. Grew, J. S. Coonley, E. S. Bach. Bach won, time 11 2-5 secs. Grew second. Fourth heat...