Word: idea
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...idea of government held by the Canadians would prevent them from supporting our institutions.- Canadian Monthly, vol. 17, p. 250; N. A, Review...
...short time ago the Bicycle Club adopted a resolution to hold a spring race meeting and invite some other college clubs, notably Technology and Yale, to take part. The idea is a good one and will meet with the approval of all interested in intercollegiate athletics. The attempt to arrange a road race with Yale proved unsuccessful, but we see no reason why the plan now proposed should not be heartily entered into. Intercollegiate bicycling has heretofore been confined to the two-mile race at Mott Haven, and so has held a comparatively unimportant place. Bicycling as a sport deserves...
...plan is intended for the benefit of the working men, at whose command it will place the means for the improvement, development and exercise of the physical man. The whole plan is experimental, and its continuance will depend upon the manner in which the public takes to the idea...
...high and low pulleys, balance swings, breast bars, set, standing and double swings, plain ropes, rope ladders, crossrope ladder, rings, single trapeze, long plain ropes, standing and inclined ladders, climbing, slanting, and standing poles, giant stride, quoits, vaulting poles, hammers, shots and heavy weights for "throwing" and "putting." The idea is a progressive one, and deserves the success it will doubtless meet...
There is a mistake in the wording of the large notices for the winter meetings which conveys the idea that gold and silver medals will be given at all these meetings. The last meeting is the only one at which medals will be given. The prizes at the first two meetings will be the regular H. A. A. cups...