Word: finished
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Harris had led a lively life. From earliest boyhood he had been in and out of "hot water." Expelled for pranks from Black River Academy, expelled for "his love of fun" from the University of Vermont, he managed to finish his education at Princeton. The next few years he served as night clerk in a Florida hotel, acted in a Denver stock company, reported for newspapers, punched cows, mastered the traveling man's profession. He sailed to England on a cattleship, batting around at many an odd job and alwayssto this he attributes his success?always keeping "well-dressed...
Jockey McAtee did not disappoint. Crouched low, but calm, he brought Millwick across the finish line a winner. He was rewarded with booes, because Millwick was the only horse in the race. The other twelve entrants had been scratched (withdrawn) before the start...
...mile races. Altho here, as in the dashes, misfortune attended the University runners. The heaviest blow came in the mile in which Captain E. C. Haggerty '27, running his final race for the Crimson, and twice winner of the intercollegiate crown, was unable to finish, killed off by a three-quarter run in 3 minutes, 12 3-5 seconds. Cox of Penn State won the event. J. O. Wildes '28 placed fifth in the race...
Alert magazine readers could have played a neat joke on friends and family last week. "Go over there and shut your eyes," they could have said, "and listen while I read you something. Listen carefully because you'll have to answer a question when I finish...
...crew meet its first defeat under his coaching. Princeton, after five years of unimpressive rowing, conquered Mr. Leader's men by taking the lead soon after the start and keeping it. Just before the last quarter-mile of the race a Yale spurt gained, but Princeton reached the finish line with a quarter of a length to spare...