Word: poorest
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...conditioning the men. Spring practice opened with full blast in February, when indoor work was commenced for the university and freshman squads. The size of the university squad was about the same as usual, but a greater number of freshman candidates reported than ever before. Weather conditions were the poorest of all years this season, and the indoor work was continued until April, which was the earliest time that the crews were able to get on the harbor for out door practice...
Basket-ball was played at a loss for the first time in ten years. Although Columbia was represented by one of the poorest teams in the history of basketball on Morningside Heights the reason for the loss is ascribed to a larger number of memberships in the athletic association, entitling each member to free admittance to all games, rather than to smaller crowds at the games. The report is not the complete one for the year. It covers only the period to date. By the end of the baseball season that sport will have netted a considerable sum, although...
...found that the report that Harvard was the college only for the high-brows and the wealthy was false. I cheerfully wave aside the natural feelings of personal reserve to say that Harvard is a place where the poorest can go, where those of the least wealth can go and find a paradise of inspiration and blessing, and find their very souls mounting to higher planes and better things. Who that has walked in the shades of her classic groves can ever still the love that beats in his heart for old Harvard, or ever wants...
...love to tell of Harvard, the real Harvard, as I found her; the generous Harvard, the liberal Harvard, the sympathetic Harvard, the democratic Harvard, the Harvard of opportunities for the poorest lad in all the land. This is the real Harvard as I came to know her and to love her. The Harvard, the least affected with the false spirit of wealthy aristocracy and snobbery, and the most democratic of our great universities in America; the Harvard, where any poor boy without wealth or social distinction can go, trusting only in the ambition of an honest heart and noble purpose...
...Yale game was a disappointment to Princeton hockey followers, and there was little glory in the victory for the Tigers, for the exhibition was the poorest seen at the St. Nicholas rink this season. Neither team displayed the knowledge of hockey that was expected, and there were only a few moments when either side developed good team play...