Word: holding
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...American Athletic Union will hold an indoor meeting, Jan. 19, 1889, at the Madison Square Garden to commemorate the second year of its formation. All the events are open to amateurs, and three prizes will be awarded in each event. The following events will be contested: 75-yards dash, 220-yards dash, 440-yards dash, half-mile run, mile run, mile walk, two-mile bicycle race, 200-yards hurdle race, pole vault, standing broad jump, running high jump, putting the 24-lb. shot and throwing the 56-lb. weight. The entrance fee will be one dollar in each event...
Several years ago an attempt was made at Columbia to hold a ball, but owing to the poor reception the ball met with, succeeding classes did not care to renew the experiment. The object in holding the ball was to fill up the gap caused by the absence of real social life and social amusements. This year's junior class has, however, not been deterred by this rather poor precedent from renewing the venture. They decided to hold a Christmas ball in aid of the 'varsity crew and obtained permission from the faculty to use the library tomorrow night...
...Right to vote implies right to hold office...
...probibiting the nine from practice games with professionals and from the employment of a professional coach went into effect, the nine was not only denied the most important privilege which the other teams continued to enjoy, but it was so badly handicapped that it was no longer able to hold its high place in the college matches...
Next Tuesday afternoon the club will hold its last meeting for the year, no meetings being held until after the new year...