Word: strenuous
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...pacifists to the damage of the latter if there were not a mild-mannered Col. Browning on the job as a guide toward tolerance. And besides, what business is it of the pacifists if three hundred odd students desire to acquire the gentlemanly art of equitation and lead the strenuous life without the expense of a trip Wyoming. Not to mention the pistol practice and the automobile mechanics caught by the Department...
After a week of strenuous work on the Schuylkill river in Philadelphia, in which daily workouts averaged fifteen miles, and in which a remarkable improvement over previous form was noticeable, the first two crews, their lineups unchanged, return to Cambridge this morning to prepare for the first race on May 10. Coach Stevens believes that the Schuylkill workout during the vacation has produced an improvement which would have been utterly impossible had the crews remained in Cambridge to row on the Charles...
...tennis. While it is a bit early to make predictions, there is an unmistakable attitude of optimism among the players that success will reward their efforts in their objective contests this year with Yale and Princeton. The line-up of the lower three players is strictly tentative, and strenuous practice this week will be in the nature of a test to locate the right combination...
...Warsaw, Poland, arrived Archbishop Zepliak, head of the Roman Catholic Church in Russia, released from Soviet prison as a result of the Pope's strenuous representations to the chancellories of Europe. He was penniless, ragged, emaciated...
Although the University squad has been practicing regularly on the courts of the Longwood Tennis Club at Longwood, the competition which will be afforded during the trip will give the players a valuable background of experience for a strenuous season beginning with the resumption of classes after the recess. Captain Plaffmann and Briggs are playing better this year than ever before, and Ingraham continues, to be the same brilliant performer. While it is rather early to make any predictions concerning the outcome of the season, Coach Cowles is particularly optimistic. The outcome of this trip will serve to Indicate...