Word: won
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...last nine years Andover has won five games of base-ball from Exeter and lost four; in foot ball, Andover has won five games and lost three...
...first heat of the tug-of-war was won by the M. I. T. team. The Harvard team lost about six inches to a team from the B. Y. M. C. U. on the drop. Easton rose to the occasion, however, and won this trial heat by fifteen inches. In the final heat Harvard lost the drop to Technology by about two inches. In spite of plucky up-hill work by our team, Technology kept the advantage to the end and won by about the same distance...
Rogers, '87, and Lund, '88, were entered for the standing high jump; the latter did not appear. The event was won by Rogers with the remarkably good jump of 4 ft. 10 1-4 in. Wason, Tech. '90, was second, with a record...
...Magenta," named from the prevailing college color at that time, was founded with the old motto, "I won't philosophize, and I will be read." It appeared on alternate weeks with the "Advocate," but in no wise interfered with that periodical, as it was devoted to the publication of news and statistics, while the "Advocate," as now, was purely literary. In the spring of '75, when the college color was changed, the name was changed with the color and it was known during the rest of its existence as "The Crimson...
...prevalent among the Indians. It was their mode of warfare to fall upon an unarmed band of men and massacre the entire party. Originally they did this as the only means of getting back their country from the Whites. When they saw the hopelessness of their task, they were won over by the specious promises of the white men to care for and feed them. Now they are becoming more civilized and like to see their children enjoying the advantages of that education which is denied themselves on account of their age. The Apaches are more cruel and relentless towards...