Word: paces
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...things continue to so at the pace they are going at present, Oxonians who went down in 1880 will be unable to recognize the face of their Alma Mater in 1890. She is not only changing her normal complexion, but also her physical features most rapidly. Four new buildings of importance have sprung up within the last two years. The most important, the new school, is yet in an unfinished state, Magdalen and Trinity are greatly extending themselves, and a new college is nearly completed which will work great results in bringing old-fashioned Oxford up to date...
More bathing accommodations for the gymnasium are needed to keep pace with the new lockers and new students...
...them unimportant, to strive for "good form" in foot ball as if they were striving for the "good form" in the Harvard stroke. Head work, public sentiment, and a progressive, learning spirit. We have got to make more of a business of foot ball, if we are to keep pace with these other colleges...
...fair of that party which crushed the most stupendous rebellion of history, which freed 4,000,000 slaves, which put the country on the most glorious financial basis of modern times, which inaugurated an era of unparalleled prosperity, and which for twenty-five years has not only kept pace with, but has led the progressive spirit of the times. Let us show what we think of James G. Blaine who is today "the foremost man of all the world." Let us prove that we reason and reason correctly. Let us show that we weigh truth against slander. Let us declare...
...race. Edgerly withdrew on account of his accident in the previous race, and Norton, Hendee and Frazier took their place at the mark in the order named. Hendee obtained a trifle the best start, and all were off at a tremendous start, and all were off at a tremendous pace. At the end of the first lap Hendee led Frazier by a length and a half, Norton holding third place. The second lap was finished in the same order, though Frazier had reduced his opponent's lead to less than two feet. The third lap was a continuous spurt...