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Word: selective (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Phillips Brooks will be the select preacher in the University of Cambridge next June. This is the second time that this honor has been conferred on an American clergyman...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 10/27/1884 | See Source »

...second thing shown by the game on Saturday was that there is plenty of good material, from which to select a team, as the new men showed up very well, but that a good team cannot be had without hard work during the winter and spring. More attention to handling the Crosse readily, picking up the ball and much practice at team work and passing are some of the things which must be done to enable Harvard to regain its old place at the head of the league at lacrosse...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 10/27/1884 | See Source »

...committee has been chosen by the Technology freshmen to select a foot ball eleven...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 10/20/1884 | See Source »

...they prefer uniforms for the Republican torchlight procession. Both of these things are important and of interest to every one in the class. The choice of a photographer should be made carefully and with due regard to the claims of the candidates for the position. The committee which was selected to investigate the question of a photographer have done their work and will report as impartially as possible on the merits of Mr. Notman and Mr. Pach, leaving it entirely in the hands of the class to decide which they will select, after hearing the report. We hope, therefore, that...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 10/20/1884 | See Source »

...Princeton cane rushes took place last week. They were won by the freshmen, who won two of the three canes contested for. The practice at Princeton is to select three men from the sophomore and freshman classes respectively, and then a pair fights for each cane...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 10/18/1884 | See Source »

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