Word: warring
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Trinity freshmen have challenged the Wesleyan freshmen to a three-minute tug-of war pull at their gymnasium exhibition...
...Trinity Faculty has passed a vote forbidding any student to pull in the tug-of-war without the consent of his parent and a doctor's certificate, and has also decided to abolish tug-of-war next year...
...graduated from Yale College in 1847, and spent the next few years in teaching in New England, Pennsylvania and New York. In 1856 he pursued the study of medicine with his brother Louis, but did not long continue in practice. For a few years just before the Civil war, he was interested in the Planters' Insurance Company, Greensboro, Alabama. After coming North he was engaged in literary work with Dr. Henry Barnard of Hartford. In 1867 he went to California, and, shortly after, entered the service of the Geological Expedition for the exploration of the Fortieth Parallel. At first...
...temptation is immediate resistance. Christ did not hesitate but said at once: "Get thee behind Me Satan." The accounts of Christ's temptations are often thrust in the back-ground, yet men are tempted in the same way today. The temptation of the Pope to plunge nations into war that he may regain his temporal power resembles the temptation on the mountain; the temptation of business men to combine and raise the price of grain is the temptation to turn stones into bread. Christ is ever willing to forgive sin so long as we make honest efforts to resist temptation...
...war. - Second heat, '94 won by 4 inches...