Word: prize
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...such an ambition, it seems to me, is not by far so difficult as seems to be generally supposed. Let us imagine that we had a National Scientific Association, composed of the foremost scientists in the country, and that this association had a fund from which it could offer prizes for original scientific research. The honor itself of gaining such a prize would be a sufficient stimulus for many a young man, whether in college or out, and the distinction thus won would be a great help to him. By this plan the deserving and gifted young man would...
...prize cups of the Shooting Club are displayed in Leavitt & Peirce's window. They are very tasty and ornamental...
...American Canoe Association has offered a cup valued at $300 as a prize for an inter-national canoe contest to be sailed in New York Bay next summer...
There are a few serious mistakes in the Index. For instance, F. L. Dean, of Harvard, took second prize in the bicycle race at the Mott Haven sports, instead of Benton of Columbia. The feather-weight sparring, and not the feather-weight wrestling, was contested at the second winter meeting. The heavy-weight wrestling, which was won by Mr. Keith, '85, has been altogether omitted...
SHOOTING CLUB. - Tomorrow (Thursday) afternoon two new matches will be opened under the same conditions as the last. Match A. open to all. 10 clay pigeons, straight away, 21 yards rise. Match B, open to no 1st prize winners. 10 black-birds, 18 yards rise. 1st prizes will be cups, 2nd prizes will be medals. After the matches a practice shoot at doubles will be held...