Word: superiority
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Thus Prof. Barnard proves that his college could be more profitably emplyed by confining itself to the field of superior education. The tendency has been of late to impress upon the directors of Columbia as well as those of Harvard, the importance of providing for the wants of a superior class of students, of those who have finished elsewhere their college career, and who wish to pursue their studies in a higher place. Columbia is especially favored in regard to location, for such an undertaking, situated as it is, in the heart of a great city. Professor Barnard looks forward...
...first game in the championship series was played Saturday at New Haven between Yale and the University of Pennsylvania. Yale won by a score of 58 to 0, making eleven touchdowns, five goals and forcing two safeties. Yale was superior both in weight and science and won easily. The teams were as follows...
Table 11 played a scrub game of football with table 56 yesterday morning on Jarvis. In an exciting contest of 40 minutes duration, table 11 scored 20 points by the superior playing of its backs, while its good rush line work prevented table 56 from scoring. Table 11 would like to arrange game with other scrub elevens...
PRINCETON, 80; STEVENS, 0.The Stevens Institute eleven was beaten by Princeton at Princeton, Saturday, by a score of 80 to 0. Princeton won by superior team work and rushing...
...Harvard eleven played its first game of the season with the Worcester Institute of Technology, at Worcester, Saturday afternoon. The game was witnessed by about 4000 spectators. The rain made the ground slippery and took away much of the advantage that the superior weight of the Harvard team would have ordinarily afforded it. The Worcester men were very light, but played a plucky game and tackled unusually well, the best work being done by Allen, Lake and Patterson. The Harvard men played with as much steadiness and snap as could be expected when the brief time they have been...