Word: finest
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...hope that the opportunity of witnessing upon our own grounds one of the finest intercollegiate track meets ever held is generally appreciated by members of the University, and that due credit is given to those who were instrumental in bringing it to Cambridge again. One of the strongest factors in deciding upon the Stadium this year was the financial success of the last meet, and it is gratifying to learn that Saturday's meet was even more profitable. There was some criticism of the Stadium track last year, but the extraordinary performances made on it Saturday are ample proof...
...cast of the crucifixion group from the church of Wechselburg was purchased by the Germanic Museum Association. This cast belongs to the first half of the thirteenth century, and is one of the finest specimens of the Romanesque style of German sculpture...
This pulpit, which is one of the finest monuments of mediaevel scupture, is an imposing and massive structure, some fifteen feet high, resting on Romanesque columns and richly adorned with high reliefs of singular power and beauty. Together with the colossal Crucifixion group from the Rood Screen of the same church and the monumental bronze gates of Augsburg Cathedral, which the Germanic Museum has just acquired, this gift of the King of Saxony is a highly important illustration of the remarkable state of perfection reached by German sculpture at the end of the twelfth and the beginning of the thirteenth...
George Herbert Palmer '64, "For 36 years a Harvard teacher of ethics, whose example has illustrated his teaching; a master of accurate and elegant style in both prose and verse, enobled by intimate companionship with finest spirits...
McCall made the finest play of the game by stopping Moore's fast grounder to right. Leonard made the longest hit of the game and ran bases with his usual dash. Harvey also secured a long hit, and accepted all his chances. Currier played a lively game on bases and in the field...