Word: life
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...their colors with their entry. An AMATEUR is any person who has never competed in an open competition, or for a stake, or for public money, or for admission money, or with professionals for a prize, public money, or admission money; nor has ever, at any period of his life, taught or assisted in the pursuit of athletic exercises as a means of livelihood. All communications must be addressed to the secretary...
...feature of athletic outdoor sports, - make it a part of the course, in fact, - and provide proper instructors in running, walking, etc., the advantage would be incalculable; the gain would be not merely physical but also mental, and the good effects of such sports would be felt all through life...
...Child, who has probably been hardened by long tribulation, has decided to pay no attention to this point, it would still be well for those who take the elective next year to make up their minds to lighten his weight and their own, by putting a little more life into the recitations, and trying to find pleasure in what they read. It is strange that so many who think it worth while to take a course in Shakespeare should not think it also worth while to take an interest in Shakespeare; but that this is the state of the case...
...serious effect upon the Watkins Glen Regatta. The difficulty all arises from the definition, or rather want of definition, of the word "Amateur." None of the authorities agree in the matter, and it would seem advisable to arrive at some distinct international understanding on the point. Bell's Life says that some clubs include artisans and mechanics in their definition, while others do not, and therefore every one must decide for himself. The real trouble is, not in the definition of the word "Amateur," but in that of "Gentleman," many persons contending that gentlemen by birth alone are amateurs...
...love transformeth life from night to noon...