Word: though
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...showing made by the Harvard entries in the Cambridgeport Gymnasium Association games last night is encouraging. The large number of candidates for the track team who entered showed that interest in the training is strong. Though they have been working but a short time they took three firsts and two seconds and, considering the conditions of track and training, made good records...
...Moore pointed out the difference between the motives that actuated the art of the Middle ages and those actuating the art of the Renaissance. Religious faith was the dominant note and the inspiration of mediaeval art; on the other hand, the art of the Renaissance reflected the freedom of though and the tendency to classicism of the Renaissance itself. Its spirit was essentially mundane and finally became, in imitation of the Greeks, a mere effort to depict physical beauty. The Italian antists, however, took the later Graeco-Roman period for a model rather than the classic Greek and in consequence...
...wish the chess team success in the intercollegiate tournament held next week. They have won the championship twice before and though they will have to play this year against teams that have been coached by the best professional chess experts, we believe they can win again...
...Though the difficulty of procuring a suitable course will to some extent hamper the college club which is to be formed, there are several clubs in the neighborhood of Cambridge which allready include numbers of Harvard men among their members. Several of these men are players of considerable ability and experience, and there should be no difficulty in getting together a strong team to represent the College...
...branch of athletics sportsmanship is of infinitely more importance than the winning of victories. As an example he mentioned Psotta, an American oarsman who rowed in the single sculls at Henley four pears ago. In the preliminary beat his opponent capsized. Psotta, however, refused to accept the race and though subsequently defeated he was the hero of the occasion. Mr. Lehmann concluded by expressing his pleasure at being part of the University and said that he was confident of success...