Word: prize
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...above scheme the just expectations of the public and the interest of the University have been consulted. It is worthy the attention of adventurers that the highest prize is nearly double in value to any that has been drawn in this Commonwealth for many years past. The managers solicit the patronage of the public in general, and of the friends of literature and the University in particular; and, considering the object of the lottery, anticipate their liberal attendance...
...beneficial effect, too, on the fortunate man who drew the first prize must have been incalculable; and although he may not have understood exactly how he was "promoting the best interests of his country," yet he was certainly convinced that the fruits of learning are great indeed...
...make a temporary sacrifice of a few bodily comforts in order to put our Athletic Association on a footing equal to that of any college in the country. If men are to be induced to forego the pleasures of their Sybarite existence rather by the value of the prize than by the honor of winning the contest (and we fear they too often are), the association undoubtedly would do all in their power to afford the necessary incentive, in the hope of bettering a record which it is too true is only very mediocre...
...what he hopes to win, and struggles for the prize...
Amherst.- The Class of '78 was a second time successful in carrying off the gymnasium prize...