Word: fifths
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Saturday morning, notwithstanding the pouring rain, coaches on coaches of enthusiastic Yale and Princeton men started up Fifth Avenue, New York, for the Polo Grounds. At the grounds about 3,000 water-soaked but excited specrators had gathered to see the great contest. Although Princeton begged to have the game postponed Yale would not listen. At 2 p. m. sharp the two teams lined up with the following players: Yale-Wallace, Gill, Carter, Corbin, Woodrufi, Cross, Pratt; quarter-back, Beecher; halves, Wurtemberg and Graves; full-back, Bull. Princeton-S. Hodge, Church, Cowan, George, Irvine, Speer, Wagenhurst; quarter-back, Hancock; halves...
...following are the fifth ten of the Institute of 1770 from '90: Sturgis, Lewis, Lothrop, White, Jones, Wheelwright. Crane, Barnes, Bigelow...
...across the valley, in Northampton, is Smith College, one of the leading woman's colleges in the East, nad a factor not to be ignored in any problem that concerns Amherst. Very few men go through collge without making their bow at Smith at least once, and about a fifth call there frequently. A reception in the winter, a concert or two, and a general reception at commencement complete the list of the social attractions at the "Hamp." No complaint is more commonly made in college than the complaint that class spirit is dying out. And there is much...
...Saturday evening the members of the Graduate Advisory Committee, W. C. Camp, Yale; John C. Bell, U. of Pa.; Frank D. Beattys, Wesleyan, and J. H. Hodge, Jr. princeton, met at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, N. Y., and appointed referees and umpires for the championship games. The names of the gentlemen are: Harvard vs. Wesleyan, referee, J. A. Hodge, Jr.; umpire, W. C. Camp, H. Hodge or R. Hodge. Princeton vs. U. of Pa., referee,-; umpire, W. Bradford. Yale vs. Harvard, referee,-; umpire, A. Baker, or L. Riggs. Yale vs. U. of Pa., referee, W. P. Harvey; umpire, A. Baker...
...half. mile race at Yale, Harvard wins-Dana, first; Mandell and Miles, dead heat, second; Davenport, third; Cogswell, fifth. There were twenty-two entries...