Word: prize
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...boxing of the ancients, as we know from Virgil, was of a very cruel nature, the principal idea being not to kill a man, for that was prohibited by law, but to come as near to that as possible. They usually wore what, in the present parlance of the prize ring, would be termed "bard" gloves, often with the addition of brass knuckles. The wrestling was correspondingly rough, and, in regard to the running, we have often heard of the men who dropped dead at the end of their race. The Greeks used to run at an alarming speed...
RUNNING HIGH JUMP.For this event there were but four entries, Mr. Denniston, who has the best Harvard record in this event, being unable to compete on account of an injury to his leg. As Mr. Bachelder had withdrawn from the competition for the general excellence prize, be did not compete. The entries were, D. C. Clark. '86; C. H. Atkinson, '85; W. A. Stebbins, '86, and G. B. Morison, '83. Of these Mr. Morison was the only contestant for the HERALD prize...
...Bachelder withdrew from the contest for the HERALD prize for general excellence, as he wished to spare himself for the double trapeze...
...Princeton University" cannot be far distant now that, in accordance with Dr. McCosh's suggestion, a department of philosophy is soon to be established, with him at its head. There are to be four or five other professors in the new school. The presidency of Princeton is the prize now awaiting some first-class scholar and educator. - [Transcript...
...general physical development, often excel in their own specialties men who only train for one branch of athletics. The best examples of such facts, said Dr. Sargent, were to be seen in the superior physical condition of the men now in training for the general excellence prize. The same rule holds good in matters of the intellect. Variety of studies is an excellent thing. A man who devotes himself to only one or two subjects can hardly be said to be worthy of a college degree...