Word: sum
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Trophy Room was fitted up for its special purposes about twelve years ago. The classes then in college gave athletic exhibitions by which they netted a large sum of money. This they used to buy the case in which are the trophy baseballs and to buy photographs of the teams. On the walls they placed tablets on which were to be put the records made from time to time in track athletics. The custom of having the photograph of each team placed in the room, together with a record of what it had done, was maintained for several years. Later...
...case or some other suitable protection for the flags, and the purchase of the missing pictures. It has been suggested either that a rule be passed by the athletic committee, requiring all 'varsity managers to place in the gymnasium pictures and records of their teams, or that a certain sum be appropriated each year and that the matter be left to the graduate treasurer...
...Yale University faculty has decided to establish two prizes of $100 and $50 respectively, for the encouragement of extemporaneous speaking. These prizes will comprise the income of a sum of money left for the purpose by the class of '47. The competition will be open to members of the two upper classes only...
...colonial style, of Indiana lime-stone and red brick. On the middle of the upper story, between two white medallion windows is a square stone which bears the shield of Harvard. There are some two dozen rooms in the building. The cost will approximate $55,000. The sum was raised by subscriptions from the Harvard graduates in New York City and from various wealthy alumni in other parts of the country. The club itself has at present a membership of nearly seven hundred...
...need. The nine this spring will not be an "aggregation of stars" as our teams have been called, and we cannot rely on brilliant individual work to bring us victory. This year if ever, the individual players must quit their individual aims and unify their efforts that the sum total shall be a strong nine. And that man ought to be chosen captain who is best qualified by his own personal characteristics to bring about this unity. Too much cannot be said to emphasize the importance of calm, unbiased action in connection with what looks like a crisis...