Word: unionism
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...team of twenty-five men was sent by the Athletic Association to compete in the games of the American Athletic Union at New York, and Shearman, '89, succeeded in winning first place in the running high jump, and Lloyd, '91, third place in the mile...
...given in Newton, Feb. 20. The managers of the latter concert have promised to give $150 of the proceeds to the 'varisty crew. An invitation has been received by the club to sing in the Town Hall, Brookline, for the benefit of the building fund of the Christian Union. The invitation will probably be accepted if a satisfactory date can be found. Those who have in charge the celebration of the twentieth anniversary of the Harvard Dental School, which occurs early in March, have asked the Glee Club to sing at the dinner to be held at the Vendome...
...Tuesday night the alumni of Union College living at Albany, N. Y., held a largely-attended banquet and afterwards formed an alumni association. Union College has been growing rapidly under the administration of the new president, and in a few years will probably regain the position which a college of almost a century's growth should have...
...account of the work that was done during the summer, at home and abroad, by college athletes, will have a prominent place in the annals of athletic sports. The leading athletic clubs have divided themselves into two associations, the National Amateur Athletic Association and the New Amateur Athletic Union. Both of these associations have held several well-contested field meetings during the year, and the results of the meetings go far towards proving conclusively that the American athletes are superior to those from England and Ireland. Fewer records were made in running than in almost any other sport...
...handicap meeting of the Amateur Athletic Union of the United States, held last Saturday in the Madison Square Garden, N. Y., was, without doubt, in all respects the most successful athletic meeting ever held in this country. Representatives from all the well-known athletic clubs, together with numerous college athletes, took part in the games, and the large number of entries-about 700-made it necessary to hold the preliminary heats in the afternoon from two to six, and the finals from eight till near midnight. A few innovations were made, as lacrosse and base-ball games were played under...