Word: repeater
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...winning the mile, the quarter, the half, the high jump and the low hurdles, while the 220 and the pole vault would have been tied. Second and third places would have been about evenly distributed. In actual competition, however, it is probable that O'Connell would be able to repeat his performance of a year ago, defeating Siemens in the mile, while Gourdin should be able to win the 220. It must be borne in mind, moreover, that in the Penn State meet, which was was the only one run by the University under weather conditions comparable to those which...
...repeat it: some of my best friends are at Harvard. They are Princetonian studying in the graduate schools. And one of the chief reasons why they are my friends is because they join me in a daily even-song: "To Hell With Harvard!" --Campus Critic, In The Daily Princetonian...
...primitive, as is illustrated by the fact that the whole course of systematic study occupied a less number of weeks then than it does months now. In the two courses required for a degree the work was the same, the second course merely giving the student an opportunity to repeat the instruction of the first together with the beginners in medical study. About 1870 the course of study was extended to three years, the classes were separated and the work was graded, so that preparatory subjects were taught first and subsequently the more advanced subjects were introduced. About...
...strongest teams entered in the meet is that from the Naval Academy. They have defeated all the teams they have met this winter, and are expected to repeat last year's performance and win the national championship...
...University of Pennsylvania being the most recent ones to take the step. These newcomers have cut wide paths. In the South the "Middies" are classed with the best. In the North, Syracuse won the championship the first year it was admitted to the league and hopes to repeat this year. To the above colleges must be added Princeton, Colgate, Rutgers, and West Point, which are beginning the game this spring...