Word: falling
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Harvard, to whom was due perhaps the present revival of collegiate interest in debate, should not fall behind in developing that interest. The Harvard Union, like the Yale Union, has arranged a series of lectures on public speaking. The debating courses here give opportunity for practice in debate which probably more than equals in real value the frequent minor debates at Yale. But we do not yet offer prizes for excellence in debating...
...meeting of the board of directors of the Athletic Association of the University of Pennsylvania held Tuesday, George W. Woodruff was re-engaged as head football coach for next fall...
After last fall it was announced that Woodruff would do no more coaching; but he has been re-engaged with the understanding that he is to have full and absolute control of Pennsylvania's football squad during the coming season...
Princeton's new athletic field is rapidly nearing completion. It will be the largest in this country, for on it will be laid out eight tennis courts and three baseball diamonds which in the fall will be converted into two football fields...
...held it with one arm perpendicularly above his head. After a short rest he put up the same bell weighted to 211 pounds. On this trial, however, although the bell was put up perpendicularly with one arm, Rood, in straightening his body, lost his balance and let the ball fall. The terms of the game say nothing about the straightening of the body, but it has been customary to get to an upright position. It is thought, however, that the latter record will stand. The performance was done in public and was testified to by over a dozen witnesses...