Word: stronge
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...association, in point of influence, since its founding, three years ago, has been steady. The addition of the new members will make the annual games which, it is to be hoped, may be held on Holmes Field, much more exciting. The Roxbury Latin School will make a strong effort to retain the championship which she has held for two years, while Exeter and Andover will doubtless send teams which will make a sharp fight for the pennant...
...idea that the government should exist to perfect the individual rather than the state, and hence we may say that German literature is in opposition to German government. The lecturer then briefly sketched the history of Germany, showing how after the thirty pear's war it was seen that strong bonds of unison among the different principalities could only be maintained by allowing the individual more freedom of thought...
...Harvard many a splendid victory. An entirely new system of rowing was inaugurated, and there was much grumbling and dubious head-shaking at the issue. Yale, on the contrary, was highly elated at Harvard's adoption of the "professional" stroke. Her crew, be it said, was deemed so strong as to earn the appellation of the "Yale giants," while Harvard's was not only unusually light, but, with two exceptions, was composed of men who had never before sat in a 'varsity boat. Save with the brave and meager minority who believed in the new regime, up to a week...
...little difficulty is met with in selecting the men for the crew, and if Harvard will agree to row a race, the club will buy a shell. There are several college oarsmen in the Athletic Club and an eight selected from their number could hardly fail to be a strong one after suitable training...
...from the schools around Boston. The action of the Harvard men cannot be commended too highly. A majority of the graduates of the schools likely to be in the interscholastic baseball association enter Harvard, and the result of the increased competition between these schools will surely bear in a strong and direct light upon the success of Harvard's baseball interests...