Word: staying
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...second mile in the five mile tricycle championships had to run four heats, i. e., 20 miles during an afternoon. In one of these heats the record was broken and three out of the four were fast. There was no complaint that the best man didn't win. Staying power must be taken into account, and he is the best man who has combined most stay and most speed...
...question of the expense incurred in competing with these organizations, it is only necessary to say that they are all within the immediate neighborhood of Boston. What reason in the world can have actuated our faculty in passing such a ridiculous resolution, it is hard to discover. But stay! a faint rumor reaches our ears that this resolution was passed to satisfy Princeton, who had no similar organizations to practice with. This then, is one of those delightful compromises that are so pleasant to read about. The fourth resolution in regard to a faculty committee, is harmless padding. The committee...
...interest. It was received with so much applause that Mr. Charles Dudley Warner in presenting the English Prize Scholarship, remarked that "Choctaw must be the favorite language in Salem." This demonstration of approval showed the good will and sympathy of the many friends made by Mr. McKinney during his stay of five years at the college. His standing in scholarship here leads us to expect that he will succeed well in his theological studies preparatory to entering the Presbyterian ministry. Now only twenty-three, he has the promise of a long and useful life among his people in the Indian...
...William Blaikie, the author of "How to Get Strong and How to Stay So." has just issued another book called "Sound Bodies for Our Boys and Girls...
Throughout the evening we did not see an unseemly action. Nothing but the most genuine good feeling and joviality pervaded the whole assembly. The professors entered into the spirit of the occasion, smoked and drank beer, and, although they did not stay as late, seemed to enjoy themselves as much as the students. Still, we are informed that less important "Commers" are apt to be rather noisier and later affairs than the one we have described. About half past twelve, the Commers broke up after singing a Latin song and the students dispersed...