Word: major
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Harvard-Yale game of that year, and, although it is now abolished, it remains one of the most striking plays ever devised. Old fashions of the game still tarried on, and the long hair supposedly necessary for all players is one of the most picturesque. In these years the major games evolved almost to present dimensions, and great circling stands rose around the fields...
Chopin--Ballade No. 1 Minor; Nocturne F Sharp Major; Waltz Op. 42; Mazurka, B Minor Fantaisie...
...want to make basketball a major sport in three years' time," were the words of Mr. Kelly in stating the purpose of the coaching staff. "To do this we must have a strong and successful Freshman team this season. It is up to the men in your class who are interested in the game to see that basketball gets a good start this year." Mr. Kelly expressed dissatisfaction at the small number of men who showed up; he urged that any more men who are interested report at Weld 3 before the next practice...
...seems as though Yale and Princeton have, for once, set aside the "Harvard first" policy. This is all the more to be regretted in view of the recent strong agitation in favor of tennis as a major sport at Harvard. That the Student Council should summarily reject the plan does not suggest that they considered the matter too carefully. Constituted, as that body is, with a large proportion of its members being the Captains and Managers of the present major sports, it is not hard to observe their psychological effect on the body as a whole. We may suppose that...
...point. There are some against it. Where the preponderance of fact lies is indicated by the fact that two former University tennis captains, the New York Times, the Boston Herald, and other important sources connected more immediately with the University have declared that tennis ought to be a major sport...