Word: fighting
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...supposed, preclude our competing in the Mott Haven games. Let our track athletic team contest in those intercollegiate sports as much as it likes; but first and foremost let us have our single contests with Yale. Let an arrangement be made whereby Harvard shall fight it out first with Yale in every branch of athletics; after that it is time enough to look for contests with other colleges...
...Booth and his plan for helping the poor of England, this enthusiasm compels us to listen to them. But enthusiasm is not the highest test of a man; it is the ability "to walk and not be wearied," to plod along day after day, and not give up the fight. Yet the prophet tells us that we shall have all this, if we will but serve the Lord. The loftiest emotions will come to us, our enthusiasm will not die out and we shall receive the courage "to walk without being wearied." During the evening the choir sang the following...
...favorites. J. Crane is looked upon as winner in the pole vault. although Wheelwright will push him very hard. In the running high jump Fearing is a probable winner and will make an effort to beat his record of two weeks ago; Morse and Green will make a close fight for second. First prize in the standing high jump will be won by Irwin or Bean, in all probability, and the athletic oracle seems to favor Finlay or Long in the shot contest. In the one mile walk odds are being given on Hale, although Bardeen, Endicott and Brackett seem...
...Princeton have been taken up especially early this year. Seldom if ever before has the training for base ball begun so soon after the close of the foot ball season. By her early beginning Princeton evidently wants to show that she means business, and will make a hard fight next spring for the championship...
...yard and over towards Beck again. Turning down Quincy Street, the procession stopped in front of the President's house, and the eleven drove into the yard. President Eliot spoke a few words in congratulation, saying that the victory was especially gratifying because Yale made such a hard fight. The crowd, led by Cumnock, cheered loudly and the procession moved on. As it passed Professor Shaler's house it gave him a good cheer. The statue of John Harvard, covered this time with a bright crimson robe, was cheered, and the band played Fair Harvard. The procession marched...