Word: strove
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Should the games be held in Philadelphia, they could easily be made a financial success. The interest in any contest between the two institutions has of late grown so intense that even a field day in which they strove for glory would be attended by many enthusiastic supporters of both colleges. The financial success of such an event could be further assured by the number of supporters of both institutions who are in Philadelphia...
...lost is the game; her self respect and the respect of the outside world she certainly has not lost. With the same feeling as if Harvard had won we heartily congratulate Captain Waters and his men on their pluck and on the manly way in which they strove at least to win. There is a sort of "triumph in a losing cause" and Harvard can at least feel this triumph, for her game, though losing, was fair and sportsmanlike. This defeat must have no effect on the Pennsylvania game. Students and team must unite again for this final effort...
...Shead '93, 2 ft. All but Hawes succeeded in getting into the semi-finals, and in the finals Bloss and Harding of Columbia ran a dead heat while Andrade took third place. The greatest interest was expressed when Harvard and Columbia represented by Bloss and Harding strove to down each other in the deciding sprint, and when Bloss shot ahead, winning in 4 3-4 seconds and making by this a new world's record, both Harvard and B. A. A. men were most cordial in mutual congratulations...
...shown himself to be a man of considerable promise. His early death is a pathetic ending to his own hopes and those of his parents. Although he was not personally known to many of us, we should all grieve at this sad loss of one so promising, who strove so hard and under such difficulties to become one of our number...
...that Ninety's memories of Harvard may be her happiest, that she may go forth with the cheer of victory on the athletic field ringing in her ears, and that each succeeding class stepping into the seniors' place may find its own departure into life as pleasant as it strove to make that of Ninety...