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Word: spurs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1910-1919
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Actual work on the excavations for the new Princeton Stadium will begin on Monday if the weather is suitable. The Pennsylvania Railroad will run a spur track into the field, where the structure is to be erected, greatly facilitating the work. Mr. J. G. Bent, who was in charge of the construction of the Harvard Stadium, will also superintend the work at Princeton...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CONCESSIONS BY YALE FACULTY | 4/11/1914 | See Source »

...Jackson '14, hurdler on the University track team, was released from the Boston City Hospital Monday, where he has undergone an operation to remove a spur of his thigh bone, which was slightly splintered by a fall. Dr. Nichols has pronounced the operation successful, and does not expect it to impede his hurdling this spring...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Jackson to Hurdle Again? | 3/11/1914 | See Source »

...indications which we see are true, hints taken from perusals of our exchanges and from conversations with "foreign" visitors, there is a broad movement on foot among our colleges to spur men to higher scholarship. We believe that the greatest effect on the scholarship standard will be secured only when the prod is applied long before the men reach college, but we believe as firmly that a good deal can be done after they get there. If the Senior advisers, realizing as almost every Senior does that he is here to study, would seriously impress that idea upon their wards...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A CONCERTED BOOM. | 5/22/1913 | See Source »

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